Anaphylaxis to diclofenac: Nine cases reported to the Allergy Vigilance Network in France

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1420-1423

  Picaud, J ^a,b   Beaudouin, E ^a,b   Renaudin, J M ^a,b   Pirson, F ^b,c   Metz Favre, C ^b,d   Dron Gonzalvez, M ^b,e   Moneret Vautrin, D A ^a,b  

^a Allergy Department Emile Durkheim Hospital   (France)

^b Allergy Vigilance Network   (France)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^e Allergy Vigilance Network   (France)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Basophil; Diclofenac; Drug allergy; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CELECOXIB; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; DICLOFENAC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; SALBUTAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRICK TEST; SKIN TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOLOGY;

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84907957198     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12458     Document Type: Article

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