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Heparin Allergy Accompanying Acute Renal Failure |
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| Authors: | Philip Rosenzweig Nancy E. Gary David J. Gocke Parvin Saidi Stephen M. Felton and Robert P. Eisinger M.D |
| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A |
| Abstract: | A generalized cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction to a porcine heparin preparation was observed in a patient during the course of acute renal failure. Immunological studies, including gel diffusion and immunoelectrophoresis, suggested that the reaction was to a contaminant of the heparin and involved both IgG and IgE antibodies. |
| Keywords: | heparin porcine acute renal failure hemodialysis |