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Severe Allergic Reaction (Anaphylactic Shock) (cont.)

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Author: Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Editor:  Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors:  John A Calomeni, MD, JD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Seton Medical Center; Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Anthony Anker, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA.


Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2007

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