Hypersensitivity to the pentasaccharide fondaparinux in patients with delayed-type heparin allergy

Jochen Utikal; Wiebke K. Peitsch; Dirk Booken; Florian Velten; Carl-Erik Dempfle; Sergij Goerdt; Christiane Bayerl

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615587

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(04): 895-896
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615587

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Hypersensitivity to the pentasaccharide fondaparinux in patients with delayed-type heparin allergy

Jochen Utikal

¹Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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Wiebke K. Peitsch

¹Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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Dirk Booken

¹Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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Florian Velten

¹Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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Carl-Erik Dempfle

²Department of Medicine I, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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Sergij Goerdt

¹Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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Christiane Bayerl

¹Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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