2. An autopsy case of fatal anaphylactic shock following fluorescein angiography: A case report

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-265

  Hitosugi, Masahito ^a   Omura, Kazunobu ^a   Yokoyama, Tomoko ^a   Kawato, Hitoshi ^a   Motozawa, Yasuki ^a   Nagai, Toshiaki ^a   Tokudome, Shogo ^a  

^a Dokkyo Uniyersity School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; TRYPTASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORESCEIN;

AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FATALITY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA DISEASE;

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; AUTOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 8444236065     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.3.264     Document Type: Article

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