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Postgraduate Medicine Volume 27, 1960 - Issue 1: University of Michigan Medical School
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Serious Reactions to Penicillin

Donald C. NilssonUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
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James C. SissonUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
Pages 4-11 | Published online: 06 Jul 2016

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ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

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