Clinical management of latex-allergic children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 529-533

  Holzman, Robert S ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLADDER MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOACA; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LATEX;

EID: 0030823386     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199709000-00009     Document Type: Article

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