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Antivenin-related serum sickness.
Serum sickness is a type III hypersensitivity reaction that occurs due to the deposition of excessive circulating immune complexes in patients treated with foreign proteins or haptens. Serum sickness induced by antivenin for snakebites has been frequently reported in the USA, but not in Taiwan. This difference may be due to the efficacy and dosage of antivenins administered to treat snakebites ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1726-4901
DOI: 10.1016/s1726-4901(10)70117-9