"Serum Sickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Immune complex disease caused by the administration of foreign serum or serum proteins and characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, arthralgia, and urticaria. When they are complexed to protein carriers, some drugs can also cause serum sickness when they act as haptens inducing antibody responses.
| Descriptor ID |
D012713
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.174.600.800 C20.543.206.380.800 C20.543.520.770 C25.100.468.380.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Serum Sickness- Serum Sickness
- Serum Sicknesses
- Sickness, Serum
- Sicknesses, Serum
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Serum Sickness" by people in Profiles.
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Creamer JD, McGrath JA, Webb-Peploe M, Smith NP. Serum sickness-like illness following streptokinase therapy. A case report. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1995 Nov; 20(6):468-70.
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Bielory L, Kemeny DM, Richards D, Lessof MH. IgG subclass antibody production in human serum sickness. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1990 Mar; 85(3):573-7.
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Bielory L. Serum sickness from iron-dextran administration. Acta Haematol. 1990; 83(3):166-8.
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Bielory L, Gascon P, Lawley TJ, Young NS, Frank MM. Human serum sickness: a prospective analysis of 35 patients treated with equine anti-thymocyte globulin for bone marrow failure. Medicine (Baltimore). 1988 Jan; 67(1):40-57.
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Panwalker AP, Gibson K, Glynn MJ, Hanson VA. Serum sickness associated with cefoxitin and pentoxifylline therapy. Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1986 Dec; 20(12):953-4.
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Bielory L, Gascon P, Lawley TJ, Nienhuis A, Frank MM, Young NS. Serum sickness and haematopoietic recovery with antithymocyte globulin in bone marrow failure patients. Br J Haematol. 1986 Aug; 63(4):729-36.
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Bielory L, Yancey KB, Young NS, Frank MM, Lawley TJ. Cutaneous manifestations of serum sickness in patients receiving antithymocyte globulin. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1985 Sep; 13(3):411-7.
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Lawley TJ, Bielory L, Gascon P, Yancey KB, Young NS, Frank MM. A study of human serum sickness. J Invest Dermatol. 1985 Jul; 85(1 Suppl):129s-132s.
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Lawley TJ, Bielory L, Gascon P, Yancey KB, Young NS, Frank MM. A prospective clinical and immunologic analysis of patients with serum sickness. N Engl J Med. 1984 Nov 29; 311(22):1407-13.
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Lawley TJ, Bielory L, Gascon P, Yancey KB, Young NS, Frank MM. Human serum sickness. Trans Assoc Am Physicians. 1984; 97:49-55.