Serious delayed hypersensitivity reaction to oxaliplatin
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Serious delayed hypersensitivity reaction to oxaliplatin.
With great interest we read the articles of Siu et al. [1] and Maindrault-Goebel et al. [2]. Both report on immediate type hypersensitivity reactions to oxaliplatin, occurring in about 10–15% of patients, mostly after several courses of therapy. We recently observed a quite different presentation of hypersensitivity to oxaliplatin, consisting of severe respiratory symptoms about 24 h after the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl116