Idiopathic anaphylaxis: A series of 335 cases

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-291

  Ditto, Anne M ^a   Harris, Kathleen E ^a   Krasnick, Jane ^a   Miller, Mark A ^a   Patterson, Roy ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROMOLYN SODIUM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; KETOTIFEN; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030443839     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63322-4     Document Type: Article

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