The use basophil activation to diagnose allergy to Gelofusine® [4]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 716-717

  Shields, Martin O ^a   Mirakhur, R K ^a   Crockard, A D ^b   Edgar, J D M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN SUCCINATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTASE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; BASOPHIL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; BASOPHILS; GELATIN; HUMANS; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SKIN TESTS; SUCCINATES;

EID: 33745014586     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04690_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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