Isolated urticaria to ondansetron and successful treatment with granisetron

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-544

  Bousquet, P J ^b   Co Minh, H B ^b   Demoly, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drug allergy; Ondansetron; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ALIZAPRIDE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; GEMCITABINE; GRANISETRON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOPIMAZINE; ONDANSETRON; OXALIPLATIN; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; MALE; ONDANSETRON; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 14744297393     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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