Allergy to local anesthetics in dentistry. Myth or reality?

Revista Alergia Mexico

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 176-181

  Baluga, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Allergy; Dentistry; Local anesthesia

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ODONTOLOGY; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST; SYNCOPE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; URUGUAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URUGUAY;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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