Anaphylaxis from the carboxymethylcellulose component of barium sulfate suspension

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1275-1277

  Muroi, Nobuyuki ^a   Nishibori, Masahiro ^b   Fujii, Takashi ^a   Yamagata, Masakazu ^a   Hosoi, Sachiko ^a   Nakaya, Naoki ^b   Saeki, Kiyomi ^b   Henmi, Kimio ^a  

^a Ako Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BALGIN S; BARIUM SULFATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DRUG ADDITIVE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCID MOUSE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URTICARIA;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BARIUM SULFATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030842166     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710303371804     Document Type: Article

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