Urticaria and anaphylaxis due to betalactams (penicillins and cephalosporins)

Drug Hypersensitivity

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 190-203

  Torres Dr , Maria José ^a   Mayorga, Cristobalina ^a   Blanca, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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EID: 82455185335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1159/000104200     Document Type: Chapter

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