A case who developed severe and potentially fatal reaction to an angiographic contrast medium despite adequate pretreatment with steroids for 2 weeks is reported. This is the second such case reported in the English literature.
Anaphylactoid reaction to contrast agents
โ Scribed by Reddy, K. S. ;Mohan, J. C. ;Bhatia, M. L.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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