Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome typically occurs in persons with preexisting kidney failure.[1]:119 Weeks to months after allopurinol is begun, the patient develops a morbilliform eruption[1]:119 or, less commonly, develops one of the far more serious and potentially lethal severe cutaneous adverse reactions viz., the DRESS syndrome, Stevens Johnson syndrome, or toxic epidermal necrolysis.
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