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Robert A. Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, Volume IIA: Biocompatibility, Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, 2003

15.2.6 Allergic and Other Sensitivity Reactions

This Section briefly considers possible unwanted reactions that might be triggered by the presence of medical nanorobots or nanodevices inside the human body, including allergic hypersensitivity (Section 15.2.6.1), “sternutation” or sneezing (Section 15.2.6.2), nausea and vomiting (Section 15.2.6.3), and shock (Section 15.2.6.4).

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