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. 2017 Jul 4;318(1):82-83.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.6510.

Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever

Jason A Trubiano  1 , N Franklin Adkinson  2 , Elizabeth Jane Phillips  3
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Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever

Jason A Trubiano et al. JAMA. .
No abstract available

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Comment in

  • Persistence of Penicillin Allergy.
    Sabato V, Hagedorens M, Ebo D. Sabato V, et al. JAMA. 2017 Nov 7;318(17):1714. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.13740. JAMA. 2017. PMID: 29114824 No abstract available.

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