Nonionic iodinated contrast media reactions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lasser, Elliott C ^a  

^a Asphelia Biopharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUTEROL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOHEXOL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 59349102689     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1692     Document Type: Letter

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