Generalized allergy due to zinc in insulin treated with zinc-free insulin

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-241

  Ben Ammar, Ines ^a   Ksouri, Habib ^b   Trabelsi, Nabil ^a   Mellouli, Fethi ^b   Ben Mami, Faïka ^a   Dakhli, Saber ^a   Achour, Ahmed ^a  

^a Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Generalized allergy; Insulin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INSULIN; INSULIN DETEMIR; INSULIN GLULISINE; LEVIMIR; META CRESOL; NEUTRAL INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PIG INSULIN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INSULIN ALLERGY; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SWELLING; URTICARIA;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN, ISOPHANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ZINC;

EID: 84862755890     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: 14325233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-010-0230-4     Document Type: Article

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