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Latex Allergy

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Natural rubber latex has been used in many different ways throughout history; therefore it has been regarded as a generally safe and nearly inert material. This perception changed radically in the late 1980s with the increasing awareness that latex—or, more accurately, naturally occurring proteins within latex—could cause IgE-mediated allergic reactions. Such reactions range from mild itching of the skin to fatal anaphylaxis [1,2].

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  1. Dennis R. Ownby
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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine; Allergy & Asthma Care, Cordova, Tennessee, USA

    Phillip L. Lieberman MD (Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics) (Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics)

  2. Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Tennessee Medical College; Allergy & Asthma Care, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Michael S. Blaiss MD (Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine) (Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine)

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Ownby, D.R. (2002). Latex Allergy. In: Lieberman, P.L., Blaiss, M.S. (eds) Atlas of Allergic Diseases. Current Medicine Group. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6481-2_19

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