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Advances in the Pathomechanisms of Delayed Drug Hypersensitivity

Chuang-Wei Wang1, Sherrie Jill Divito2, Wen-Hung Chung3

  • 1Cancer Vaccine & Immune Cell Therapy Core Lab, Department of Medical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, No. 5, Fuxing St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, No. 5, Fuxing St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, No. 123, Xiafei Road, Haicang District, Xiamen, China.

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
|April 26, 2022
PubMed

Keywords:
Cytotoxic proteinsDelayed drug hypersensitivityHuman leukocyte antigensImmune checkpoint blockadeSevere cutaneous adverse reactionsT cell receptor

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