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Editorial
. 2020 Jan;8(1):334-335.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.11.005.

Fatal Anaphylaxis: Searching for Lessons from Tragedy

Lisa M Bartnikas  1 , Scott H Sicherer  2
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Editorial

Fatal Anaphylaxis: Searching for Lessons from Tragedy

Lisa M Bartnikas et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jan.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: L. M. Bartnikas declares no relevant conflicts of interest. S. H. Sicherer reports royalty payments from UpToDate and from Johns Hopkins University Press; grants to his institution from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, from Food Allergy Research and Education, and from HAL Allergy; and personal fees from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology as Deputy Editor of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, outside of the submitted work.

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