Postmortem diagnosis of drug-induced anaphylactic death: Kounis syndrome and hypersensitivity myocarditis are the likely culprit in death of severe anaphylactic reactions

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作者
Kounis, Nicholas G. [1 ]
Kounis, George N. [1 ]
Soufras, George D. [2 ]
Lianas, Dimitrios [2 ]
Patsouras, Nicholas [3 ]
机构
[1] Western Greece Highest Inst Educ & Technol, Med Sci, Queen Olgas Sq,7 Aratou St, Patras 26221, Greece
[2] Patras State Gen Hosp, Patras, Achaia, Greece
[3] Univ Hosp Patras, Achaia, Greece
关键词
Anaphylaxis; Histology; Hypersensitivity myocarditis; Kounis syndrome; Sudden death; ANGINA;
D O I
10.1016/j.jflm.2016.03.001
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DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];
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0301 ; 10 ;
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