Besredka's desensitization

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A method suggested by Besredka for avoiding anaphylactic shock in the practice of serotherapy.

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A method suggested by Besredka for avoiding anaphylactic shock in the practice of serotherapy.

Bibliography

  • A. Besredka, Edna Steinhardt:
    De l'anaphylaxie et de l'anti-anaphylaxie vis-à-vis du serum de cheval.
    Annales de l’Institut Pasteur; Paris, 1907, 21: 117-127, 384-391. "Anti-anaphylaxis" was the term given by Besredka and Steinhardt to the specific desensitization of sensitized animals. A. Besredka;
  • Antianaphylaxie.
    Jahresbericht über die Ergebnisse der Immunitätsforschung, Stuttgart, 1912, 1, Abt. 8: 90-102, A. Besredka:
  • Le chic anaphylactique et le principe de la desensibilisation. Paris, 1930.

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