Paracetamol hypersensitivity: Clinical features, mechanism and role of specific IgE

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-64

  Rutkowski, K ^a   Nasser, S M ^a   Ewan, P W ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Drug allergy; Drug reaction; IgE antibodies, specific; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LARYNX EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARACETAMOL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHILD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860546639     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335213     Document Type: Article

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