Drug hypersensitivities: The need for standardization

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 219-222

  Aberer, Werner ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drug allergy; in vitro test; Provocation test; Skin test; Standardization

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHYMOPAPAIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOTROPIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOTOXIC ANTIBODY; ERYTHROMYCIN; GELATIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INSULIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; PROTAMINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TETANUS TOXOID; TETRACYCLINE;

ALGORITHM; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; STANDARDIZATION; URTICARIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIGENS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 22444449247     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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