Erythema multiforme and its relation to herpes simplex I and II

Hamdi, D.; Arrese Estrada, J.; Cornil, F.; Piérard-Franchimont, C.; Piérard, G.E.

Revue Medicale de Liege 47(2): 70-74

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0370-629X
PMID: 1312249
Document Number: 396450
Until recently, erythema multiforme was classed with cryptogenic illnesses. It is now known that most minor forms of the disorder are secondary to distant herpes infections. The virus can be detected in a biopsy of the cutaneous lesions. Most of the other instances of erythema multiforme are iatrogenic.

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