Association between latex sensitization and repeated latex exposure in children

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Porri, F ^a   Pradal, M ^a   Lemiere C ^a   Birnbaum, J ^a   Mege, J L ^a   Lanteaume, A ^a   Charpin, D ^a   Vervloet, D ^a   Camboulives, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Allergens: ethylene oxide; latex; Diseases: ethylene oxide sensitivity; latex allergy; multiple surgeries; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUBBER; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0030889303     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199703000-00011     Document Type: Article

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