Pro and Contra: Provocation Tests in Drug Hypersensitivity
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Pro and Contra: Provocation Tests in Drug Hypersensitivity
Drug provocation test (DPT) is the controlled administration of a drug to diagnose immune- or non-immune-mediated drug hypersensitivity and the last step for accurate recognition of drug hypersensitivity reactions when the previous diagnostic evaluations are negative or unavailable. A DPT is performed only if other conventional tests fail to yield conclusive results. In each clinical presentati...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071437