Hypersensitivity reactions to folic acid: Three case reports and a review of the literature | Zendy

Eleonora Nucera | Zendy; Arianna Aruanno | Zendy; Simona Mezzacappa | Zendy; Lucilla Pascolini | Zendy; Alessandro Buonomo | Zendy; Domenico Schiavino | Zendy

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Hypersensitivity reactions to folic acid: Three case reports and a review of the literature

Author(s) -

Eleonora Nucera,

Arianna Aruanno,

Simona Mezzacappa,

Lucilla Pascolini,

Alessandro Buonomo,

Domenico Schiavino

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.724

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 2058-7384

pISSN - 0394-6320

DOI - 10.1177/2058738418817704

Subject(s) - folic acid , medicine , allergy , drug reaction , drug allergy , hypersensitivity reaction , dermatology , immunology , drug , pharmacology

Adverse reactions to folic acid are an extremely uncommon condition; we present three cases of hypersensitivity to folic acid with different symptomatic manifestations. In the first and second cases, we made the diagnosis of IgE-mediate-type allergy to folic acid, while in the third one, we found a fixed drug eruption to folic acid.

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