A case of anaphylaxis caused by macrogol 3350 after injection of a corticosteroid

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 376-378

  Borderé, Alicia ^a   Stockman, Annelies ^a   Boone, Barbara ^a   Franki, Ann Sophie ^a   Coppens, Marc J ^a   Lapeere, Hilde ^a   Lambert, Jo ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; intra articular corticosteroid injection; macrogol 3350

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LEVOCETIRIZINE; MACROGOL 3350; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHINITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANAPHYLAXIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SKIN TESTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84869485284     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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