Kounis syndrome: First series in Turkish patients

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-60

  Biteker, Murat ^b   Duran, Nilüfer Ekşi ^b   Biteker, Funda ^a   Civan, Hashet Ayyildiz ^a   Gündüz, Sabahattin ^b   Gökdeniz, Tayyar ^b   Kaya, Hasan ^b   Özkan, Mehmet ^b  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TROPONIN I; TRYPTASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BEE STING; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KOUNIS SYNDROME; MALE; MAST CELL; PRURITUS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TURKEY;

EID: 65549093181     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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