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Kounis Syndrome During an Oxaliplatin Desensitization Protocol
N Giangrande1, A Carral Maseda2, J A Lopez Arias3
1Allergy Department, Hospital Publico Da Mariña, Burela, Spain.
Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology
|December 11, 2023
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