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MeSH Heading: Hypersensitivity
Tree Number(s): C20.543
Unique ID: D006967
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006967
Annotation: IM; use qualif with caution; /‌drug ther: consider also ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; atopic = HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; to food = FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; to light = PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY is also available; in occup or environ exposure MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY is also available
Scope Note: Altered reactivity to an antigen, which can result in pathologic reactions upon subsequent exposure to that particular antigen.
Entry Term(s): Allergic Reaction; Allergy
See Also: Anti-Allergic Agents; Desensitization, Immunologic; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Public MeSH Note: 66; was ALLERGY 1963-65
History Note: 66; was ALLERGY 1963-65
Entry Combination: chemically induced:Drug Hypersensitivity
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03

Entry Combination: chemically induced:Drug Hypersensitivity
Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Hypersensitivity MeSH Descriptor Data 2024