The acquisition of new food allergy after orthotopic liver transplantation is now a well described phenomenon, mainly reported in children. The etiology of this phenomenon is at present unclear, but has been ascribed by some to tacrolimus treatment. Here we report a case of liver transplant acquired
Transference of peanut allergy through liver transplantation
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
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