Drug hypersensitivity reactions: Inconsistency in the use of the classification of immediate and nonimmediate reactions

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 263-264

  Bircher, Andreas J ^a   Scherer Hofmeier, Kathrin ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG METABOLITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BASOPHIL; BRONCHOSPASM; CELL ACTIVATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; URTICARIA;

DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84455188929     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.08.042     Document Type: Letter

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