LATEX ALLERGY CLINICAL ASPECT AND ACTION TO ANAPHYLAXIS INDUCED BY NATURAL RUBBER MEDICAL DEVICES

In resent years, there has been an increasing incidence of allergy to latex. There has also been some fatal cases reported among health care workers and patients with spina bifida in Europe and United States, in spite of the development and effort to establish the diagnostic method of latex allergy...

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Published inJapanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 201 - 204
Main Author AKASAWA, Akira
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of National Medical Services 20.05.1997
一般社団法人 国立医療学会
Subjects
Anaphylaxis
Contact urticaria
Latex allergy
Natural rubber allery
アナフィラキシー
ラテックスアレルギー
天然ゴムアレルギー
接触蕁麻疹
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ISSN0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI10.11261/iryo1946.51.201

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Summary:In resent years, there has been an increasing incidence of allergy to latex. There has also been some fatal cases reported among health care workers and patients with spina bifida in Europe and United States, in spite of the development and effort to establish the diagnostic method of latex allergy and prophylactic treatment. Since the possibility of clinical cases with latex allergy in Japan can't be ignored, the discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of the allergy becomes a necessity, and therefore clarified in this article.
ISSN:0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI:10.11261/iryo1946.51.201