Usefulness of the basophil activation test (BAT) in the diagnosis of life-threatening drug anaphylaxis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1204-

  Garcia Ortega P ^a   Marin A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; basophil; basophil activation test; drug allergy; in vitro tests

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLOXACILLIN; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PIPEMIDIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; LARYNX EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SKIN TEST; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; BASOPHILS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77955339183     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02333.x     Document Type: Article

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