Respiratory disease resulting from prolonged exposure to wood dusts may be due to a hypersensitivity reaction in addition to the nonspecific toxic or irritant effects of the inhaled materials. In four ...

A study by immunologists at the University of Copenhagen has revealed a never-before-seen immune pathway involved in contact dermatitis—an allergic condition where individuals affected break out in ...

March 12, 2008 — Hypersensitivity reactions to cetuximab (Erbitux) have been reported, and a significantly higher prevalence is found in the southeastern United States. In the March 13 issue of the ...

Cutaneous reactions to metal implants, orthopedic or otherwise, are well documented in the literature. The first case of a dermatitis reaction over a stainless steel fracture plate was described in ...