title: Aspects of allergy in rheumatology.
abstract: This review focuses on several basic mechanisms of allergy and when a rheumatologist should consider an external agent as being responsible for seemingly 'rheumatic' manifestations. Typical allergic diseases are discussed in order to help the physician to recognise them. In addition, allergic aspects and adverse drug reactions of antirheumatic drugs and biopharmaceutical agent therapies will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. dspoerl@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spoerl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tyndall
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents