The need for a biological diagnosis of penicillin allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 869-871

  Kvedariene, V ^a,b   Demoly, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIN G;

BIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HISTORY; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BASOPHILS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; PENICILLINS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44249099251     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.02981.x     Document Type: Editorial

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