Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis: Clinical presentation and management with progesterone desensitization for successful in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1121.e9-1121.e13

  Prieto Garcia, Alicia ^a,b   Sloane, David E ^a   Gargiulo, Antonio R ^a   Feldweg, Anna M ^a   Castells, Mariana ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis; drug allergy; in vitro fertilization; progesterone; rapid desensitization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DESOGESTREL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETYNODIOL DIACETATE; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MONTELUKAST; NORETHISTERONE; OMALIZUMAB; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PROGESTERONE DERMATITIS; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DERMATITIS; DESENSITIZATION; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG TOLERANCE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NAUSEA; ORBIT TUMOR; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; SUPPOSITORY; SWELLING; URTICARIA; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA BLEEDING; VULVA SWELLING;

EID: 79951953799     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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