Fever, urticaria, lymphadenopathy, and protracted arthralgia and myalgia resistant to corticosteroid therapy

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 395-398

  Cruz, Narlito V ^a   Bahna, Sami L ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; GRASS POLLEN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MYALGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLLEN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SERUM SICKNESS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREE; URTICARIA; VITAL SIGN; WEED;

ARTHRALGIA; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDNISONE; SERUM SICKNESS; URTICARIA;

EID: 80053397773     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2011.32.3437     Document Type: Article

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