Brief communication: Proposal of abolition of the skin sensitivity test before equine rabies immune globulin application

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-53

  Cupo, P ^a   De Azevedo Marques, M M ^a   Sarti, W ^a   Hering, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Equine rabies immune globulin; Rabies; Skin sensitivity test

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RABIES; SERUM SICKNESS; SKIN SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; BAT; CAT; DOG; IMMUNOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREMEDICATION; RABIES VIRUS; SKIN TEST;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHIROPTERA; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMEDICATION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0035068419     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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