Epidemiology and drug allergy results in children investigated in allergy unit of a tertiary-care paediatric hospital setting

• Main Authors: A. Piccorossi (Author), G. Liccioli (Author), S. Barni (Author), L. Sarti (Author), M. Giovannini (Author), A. Verrotti (Author), E. Novembre (Author), F. Mori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background and objective Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions (DHRs) are considered adverse effects of medications that resemble allergy symptoms. The reported positive clinical history of pediatric drug reactions is about 10%, however, after allergy investigations, only a small percent is confi...