INCREASED RISK OF FACIAL SCARS IN CHILDREN TAKING NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS

Authors
WALLACE CA FARROW D SHERRY DD
Citation
Ca. Wallace et al., INCREASED RISK OF FACIAL SCARS IN CHILDREN TAKING NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS, The Journal of pediatrics, 125(5), 1994, pp. 819-822
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
125
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
819 - 822
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)125:5<819:IROFSI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Children with rheumatic disease (N = 250) were examined for shallow fa cial scars similar fo those described in drug-induced pseudoporphyria. Users of a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug were 2.4 times as likel y as nonusers to have four or more facial scars; this relative risk wa s increased to 6.0 in users of naproxen.