Hyaluronidase allergy: A rare cause of periorbital inflammation

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-51

  Borchard, Kate ^a   Puy, Robert ^b   Nixon, Rosemary ^a  

^a Skin and Cancer Foundation   (United States)

^b Department of Allergy Immunology and Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Hyaluronidase; Hypersensitivity reaction; Ophthalmic surgery; Patch testing; Skin prick testing

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HYALURONIDASE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHEMA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALLERGENS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 76149119740     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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