A rational clinical approach to suspected insulin allergy: Status after five years and 22 cases

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-106

  Bodtger, Uffe ^a   Wittrup, M ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergy; Diagnosis; Insulin; Protamine; Skin test

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BOVINE INSULIN; HISTAMINE; HUMAN INSULIN; META CRESOL; PIG INSULIN; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE SULFATE; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSULIN ALLERGY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 13244255418     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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