Alleged allergy to local anaesthetic drugs

British Dental Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 507-510

  Wildsmith, J A W ^a   Mason, A ^b   McKinnon, R P ^c   Rae, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANTIGEN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIGENS; ANXIETY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032560271     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809676     Document Type: Article

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