Epinephrine absorption in children with a history of anaphylaxis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-37

  Simons, F Estelle R ^a,c   Roberts, Janet R ^a   Gu, Xiaochen ^b   Simons, Keith J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Epinephrine absorption; Food venom allergy; Subcutaneous intramuscular injection; Systemic anaphylaxis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; EMLA;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031913760     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70190-3     Document Type: Article

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