Immediate hypersensitivity to penicillins. Studies on Italian subjects

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-93

  Romano, A ^a   Blanca, M ^b   Mayorga, C ^b   Venuti, A ^a   Gasbarrini, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

allergy; amoxicillin; ampicillin; IgE response; penicillin; RAST; RAST inhibition; skin tests

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030941503     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb02550.x     Document Type: Article

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