[A familial case of metabisulfite intolerance. Clinical and pharmacological study]

J Sainte-Laudy1, C Vallon, J C Guerin

  • 1Centre de biologie, Lyon.

Allergie Et Immunologie
|October 1, 1992
PubMed

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