Delayed hypersensitivity reaction to heparin.
We report a patient who developed a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to heparin. The literature relating to this type of adverse reaction to heparins is reviewed.
O'Donnell
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Skin Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, U.K.
Tan
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D000368:Aged; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
D006493:Heparin