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Intraoperative metamizol as cause for acute anaphylactic collapse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2005

T. Eckle
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
N. Ghanayim
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
M. Trick
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
K. Unertl
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
H. K. Eltzschig
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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