Facial edema, oral ulcers, and a cutaneous eruption following a dental procedure utilizing diflunisal and mepivacaine

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 353-355

  Yusin, Joseph S ^a   Crawford, William W ^a   Klaustermeyer, William B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Div Clin Immunol/Allerg D   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIFLUNISAL; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOCINOLONE; MEPIVACAINE; NEOCOBEFRIN; NEOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032724453     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62830-X     Document Type: Article

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