Life-threatening severe allergic reactions: Urticaria, angioedema, and anaphylaxis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-205

  Lipozenčić, Jasna ^a   Wolf, Ronni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CETIRIZINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DANAZOL; DAPSONE; DOXEPIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERFERON; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STANOZOLOL; STEROID; TERBUTALINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD URTICARIA; CONTACT URTICARIA; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SOLAR URTICARIA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 15744362526     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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