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Reaction

A decrease in price following an increase in price. A reaction connotes a slow decline; it is the opposite of a recovery.

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Eosinophil recruitment into sites of delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions in mice, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 69: 353-360.

Delayed hypersensitivity reaction in tilapia (Orechromis Niloticus)

Disseminated intravascular coagulation as a manifestation of abacavir hypersensitivity reaction.

Abacavir: its use and hypersensitivity

Phenytoin is widely used as an anticonvulsant agent and is associated with both dose-related side effects and hypersensitivity reactions.

Phenytoin-induced toxic cholestatic hepatitis in a patient with skin lesions: case report. (Case Report)

4) Hirudin is also used as an alternative antithrombotic agent in patients with hypersensitivity reactions to unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparins, as well as in patients with known type II HIT, and more recently has been studied as a primary antithrombotic agent in patients after myocardial infarctions.

Delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions to hirudin. (Case Reports)

Other adverse events have included ocular/visual disturbances (any 13%; severe 1%), renal dysfunction (any 11%; severe 1%), fluid retention (any 10%; severe 0%), hepatic dysfunction (elevations in bilirubin 7%), hypersensitivity reactions (any 4%; severe 0%), cardiovascular reactions (severe 3%), thrombocytopenia (any 2%; severe <1%), and injection site reactions (<1%).

ABRAXANE Meets Primary Endpoint of Progression-Free Survival in Phase III Chemotherapy-Naove Metastatic Melanoma Study

Previous hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir, dolutegravir or lamivudine.

New Phase IIIb/IV Data Show Switching to Once-Daily Triumeq Maintains HIV Viral Suppression

Type II hypersensitivity reactions are mediated by IgM and IgG antibody responses to host tissues (Table 1).

Hypersensitivity reactions and methods of detection

Reactions to taxanes are clinically similar to type 1 hypersensitivity reactions but are actually believed to be anaphylactoid.

Diagnose, assess, and manage infusion reactions: as seen in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

HLA-B*5701 carriage clearly demarcated a high-risk group of patients, accounting for approximately 6% of the population, from the remaining 94% who were at low risk for a hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir," they said.

Gene test identifies HIV drug reaction

There have also been postmarketing reports of angioedema and multiorgan hypersensitivity reactions.

Revised modafinil label cites psychiatric risks

Delayed hypersensitivity as detected by Mantoux testing is generally accepted as a reflection of the level of cell-mediated immunoactivity--the less hypersensitivity reaction that occurs, the lower the level of immunoactivity is, and vice versa.

Cell-mediated immunity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and allergic rhinitis: a controlled study

With Epzicom, five to seven or eight percent of patients will have the hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir; this won't happen on Combivir.