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Skin recruitment of monomyeloid precursors involves human herpesvirus-6 reactivation in drug allergy.
Allergy - 1 Jan 2013
Hashizume H, Fujiyama T, Kanebayashi J, Kito Y, Hata M, Yagi H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), latent human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 is frequently reactivated in association with flaring of symptoms such as fever and hepatitis. We recently demonstrated an emergence of monomyeloid precursors expressing HHV-6 antigen in the circulation during this clinical course. METHODS: To clarify the mechanism of HHV-6 reactivation, we immunologically investigated...
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