Anaphylaxis to latex in patients without identified risk factors for latex allergy

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-222

  Dreyfus, David H ^a,b   Fraser, Barbara ^a   Randolph, Christopher C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942527244     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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