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Basophil Activation Test for Investigation of IgE-Mediated Mechanisms in Drug Hypersensitivity
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[Anaphylactoid reaction induced by Qingkailing injection via basophils cells degranulation]

Xiaoliang Zheng1, Qin Li, Yin Zhao

  • 1Institute of Materia Medica, Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Hangzhou 310013, China.

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi = Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi = China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
|February 18, 2011
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