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Images in emergency medicine
Lamotrigine rash—a potentially life-threatening complication
  1. N Hussain,
  2. J A Gosalakkal
  1. Department of Paediatric Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 N Hussain
 Department of Paediatric Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK;dr_nahin{at}yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2006.037754

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    A 10-year-old boy with epilepsy presented with a maculopapular rash over the face (fig 1). He had been started on lamotrigine 4 weeks earlier. The rash spread and he developed itching. Lamotrigine was stopped and treatment started with antihistamines and …

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