Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Hypersensitivity reactions which occur within minutes of exposure to challenging antigen due to the release of histamine which follows the antigen-antibody reaction and causes smooth muscle contraction and increased vascular permeability.
Year introduced: 1966(1965)
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Tree Number(s): C20.543.480
MeSH Unique ID: D006969
Entry Terms:
- Hypersensitivities, Immediate
- Immediate Hypersensitivities
- Immediate Hypersensitivity
- Atopic Hypersensitivity
- Atopic Hypersensitivities
- Hypersensitivities, Atopic
- Hypersensitivity, Atopic
- Hypersensitivity, Type I
- Hypersensitivities, Type I
- Type I Hypersensitivities
- Type I Hypersensitivity
- IgE-Mediated Hypersensitivity
- Hypersensitivities, IgE-Mediated
- Hypersensitivity, IgE-Mediated
- IgE-Mediated Hypersensitivities
- IgE Mediated Hypersensitivity
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