Esk. Assem, RELEASE OF ESOINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN (ECP) IN ANAPHYLACTOID ANESTHETIC REACTIONS IN-VIVO AND IN-VITRO, Agents and actions, 41, 1994, pp. 30000011-30000013
In patients with anaphylactoid reactions (AR) to neuromuscular blockin
g drugs (NMB), eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) was released both in
vivo and in vitro, and in IgE-dependent and IgE-independent reactions.
Thus, eosinophils may play a role in both types of reactions, and ECP
release tests may be of value in the diagnosis and study of the mecha
nism of AR.