Lepidopterism: Two cases of systemic reactions to the cocoon of a common moth, Chelepteryx collesi

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 610-611

  Mulvaney, Jane K ^a   Gatenby, Paul A ^a,b   Brookes, Jennifer G ^a,b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; PROMETHAZINE; TERFENADINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MOTH; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032526382     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb141448.x     Document Type: Article

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