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Hay Fever (cont.)

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Author: Suhaib Waqarul Haq, MBBS, Medical Officer, Department of Radiology, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Coauthor(s): Aneela Naureen Hussain, MD, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center; Sarah Samreen, MBBS, Instructor, Department of Health Sciences, Ziauddin Medical University, Pakistan

Editors: James E Keany, MD, FACEP, Director of Emergency Medical Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center and Children's Hospital at Miss; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Ron Fuerst, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Director, Children's Emergency Center, Children's Hospital of Richland Memorial Hospital.


Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2006

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