Neither skin tests nor serum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay tests provide specificity for protamine allergy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 386-389

  Horrow, Jan C ^a,b   Pharo, Gregory H ^a   Levit, Lawrence S ^a   Freeland, Carol ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Broad and Vine Sts ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTAMINE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTAMINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030042138     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199602000-00031     Document Type: Article

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