loading...| Preferred Name |
serum sickness |
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| Synonyms |
transfusion reaction due to serum protein reaction serum sickness serum reaction intoxication by serum protein sickness sickness, serum Sicknesses, serum serum Sicknesses |
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| Definitions |
Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction to foreign proteins derived from an animal serum. It occurs approximately six to twenty one days following the administration of the foreign antigen. Symptoms include fever, arthralgias, myalgias, skin eruptions, lymphadenopathy, chest pain, and dyspnea. Certain drugs (e.g., antibiotics, anticancer agents, and anti-inflammatory medications) and infectious disorders (e.g., hepatitis B) may also cause serum sickness-like reaction. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0043789 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
transfusion reaction due to serum protein reaction serum sickness |
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| has_related_synonym |
serum reaction intoxication by serum protein sickness sickness, serum Sicknesses, serum serum Sicknesses |
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serum sickness |
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| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0043789 |
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serum sickness |
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| textual definition |
Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction to foreign proteins derived from an animal serum. It occurs approximately six to twenty one days following the administration of the foreign antigen. Symptoms include fever, arthralgias, myalgias, skin eruptions, lymphadenopathy, chest pain, and dyspnea. Certain drugs (e.g., antibiotics, anticancer agents, and anti-inflammatory medications) and infectious disorders (e.g., hepatitis B) may also cause serum sickness-like reaction. |
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