Positive allergological tests may turn negative with no further exposure to the specific allergen: A long-term, prospective, follow-up study in patients allergic to penicillin

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 162-165

  Patriarca, G ^a   Schiavino, D ^a   Nucera, E ^a   Milani, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergological test positivity; Allergy to penicillin; Prospective follow up

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030057901     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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