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Heparin Allergy Accompanying Acute Renal Failure
Author(s) -
Rosenzweig Philip,
Gary Nancy E.,
Gocke David J.,
Saidi Parvin,
Felton Stephen M.,
Eisinger Robert P.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1979.tb03808.x
Subject(s) - heparin , allergy , medicine , intensive care medicine , immunology
A generalized cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction to a porcine heparin preparation was observed in a patient during the course of acute renal failure. Im‐munological studies, including gel diffusion and immunoelectrophoresis, suggested that the reaction was to a contaminant of the heparin and involved both IgG and IgE antibodies.