Anaphylaxis from passive transfer of peanut allergen in a blood product

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1981-1982

  Jacobs, Joannes F M ^a   Baumert, Joseph L ^b   Brons, Paul P ^a   Joosten, Irma ^a   Koppelman, Stef J ^c   Van Pampus, Elisabeth C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c HAL Allergy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEANUT ANTIGEN; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MAST CELL; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 79956223123     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1101692     Document Type: Letter

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