1. Occupational contact urticaria caused by donepezil.
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Lozano, Jose Manuel Galvez, Alcantara, Manuel, De San Pedro, Blanca Saenz, Quiralte, Joaquin, and Caba, Isabel
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CASE studies ,NURSES ,OCCUPATIONAL allergies ,DRUG side effects ,ERYTHEMA ,ZOLPIDEM ,OMEPRAZOLE - Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 28-year-old non-atopic nurse with two episodes of pruritic red wheals with surrounding erythema and associated swelling of her hands and forearms that occurred immediately after crushing donepezil, zolpidem and omeprazole tablets at work. Several tests were performed with the drugs administered to her patient with Alzheimer's disease.
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- 2009
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