Allergy to chlorhexidine: An important differential diagnosis;Allergi over for chlorhexidin - En vigtig differentialdiagnose

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 382-383

  Garvey, Lene Heise ^a,b   Roed Petersen, Jytte ^a   Husum, Bent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 0842327505     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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