The importance of understanding anaphylaxis among older adults

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Electronic address: annaarroyo@stanford.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Anna Chen Arroyo et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;129(1):7-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.04.024.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Electronic address: annaarroyo@stanford.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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