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Krzysztof Pałgan1, Zbigniew Bartuzi2

  • 1The Department of Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Internal Diseases Collegium Medicum Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum of L. Rydygier in Bydgoszcz, Poland palgank@wp.pl.

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology
|October 22, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
anaphylaxisbronchial asthmaplatelet-activating factorurticaria

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