Allergic diseases of the skin and drug allergies – 2017. Rapid desensitization for delayed reactions to chemotherapy and monoclonal antibodies
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Background Drug desensitization is the induction of temporary clinical unresponsiveness todrug antigens to which patients have presented severe hypersensitivity reactions (HSR). Rapid desensitization in patients suffering immediate hypersensitivity reactions with chemotherapeutic agents and monoclonal antibodies have been widely described and have shown to be successful. Non-immediate hypersensitivity reactions with other drugs have usually required desensitization with several days’ protocols to achieve total doses.
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