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What do we know about the genetics of aspirin intolerance?
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics - 1 Oct 2008
Palikhe N S, Kim S-H, Park H-S
Abstract excerpt
Although acetylsalicylic acid is prescribed for a broad range of diseases, it can induce a wide array of clinically recognized hypersensitivity reactions, including aspirin-intolerant asthma (AIA) with rhinitis and aspirin-intolerant urticaria (AIU) with anaphylaxis. Altered eicosanoid metabolism is the generally accepted mechanism of aspirin intolerance; the overproduction of cysteinyl leucotrienes has been...
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