Seafood-induced Fatal Anaphylaxis

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 354-357

  Patel, Freddy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT WITNESS; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SEA FOOD; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; SEAFOOD;

EID: 0032175215     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249803800413     Document Type: Article

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