Reduction of latex sensitisation in spina bifida patients by a primary prophylaxis programme (five years experience)

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Cremer, R ^a,b   Kleine Diepenbruck, U ^a   Hering, F ^a   Holschneider, A M ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Latex allergy; Latex sensitisation; Primary prophylaxis; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; SERUM; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL GLOVE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036959714     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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