Benzocaine anaphylaxis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 534-535

  Vu, Alexander Trien ^a   Lockey, Richard Funk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; HISTAMINE; MACROGOL; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIZZINESS; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LETTER; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; SKIN TEST; THORAX PAIN; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BENZOCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746564953     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.04.035     Document Type: Letter

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