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Seafood allergy is a specific and unique contraindication to the administration of ionic contrast media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Adam Schlifke  and
Joel M. Geiderman
Adam Schlifke
Affiliation:
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.
Joel M. Geiderman*
Affiliation:
Ruth and Harry Roman Emergency Department, Department of Emergency Medicine, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA 90048; 310 423-8780, fax 310 423-0424, geiderman@cshs.org

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Type
Medical Mythology • Mythes médicaux
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , May 2003 , pp. 166 - 168
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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