Intraoperative anaphylaxis likely due to Gelfoam in a pediatric patient undergoing liver biopsy.

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol

Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Published: June 2015

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