Delayed hypersensitivity to one low-molecular-weight heparin with tolerance of other low-molecular-weight heparins
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 132 (3) , 461-463
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb08684.x
Abstract
We report a patient who developed infiltrated plaques at the sites of subcutaneous injection of a low-molecular-weight heparin. Skin tests and a lymphocyte transformation test revealed hypersensitivity to sandoparin and heparin sodium. The low-molecular-weight heparins nadroparin and dalteparin were subsequently tolerated without adverse effects. Possible risk factors for sensitization are discussed.Keywords
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