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Drug Sensitisation

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Pharmacology of the Skin II

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 87 / 2))

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The study of drug sensitisation embraces a number of scientific disciplines and is relevant to virtually every branch of medical practice. It has been estimated that 5% of medical hospital admissions are due to adverse drug reactions and that among hospital in-patients 15% suffer from an ill effect due to drugs (Parker 1975). It should be noted that many such unwanted occurrences are due to relative or absolute overdosing, side effects, secondary effects, drug interactions, intolerance and idiosyncrasy (DeSwarte 1980), but nonetheless drug allergy occurs in a significant number of patients and represents a considerable problem.

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  1. The Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7EH, London, Great Britain

    Malcolm W. Greaves M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.

  2. Department of Dermatology, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain

    Sam Shuster M.D., Ph. D., F.R.C.P.

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Gibson, J.R. (1989). Drug Sensitisation. In: Greaves, M.W., Shuster, S. (eds) Pharmacology of the Skin II. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 87 / 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74054-1_17

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