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Case Studies

Kounis syndrome secondary to gadolinium contrast agent

Waiel AbusninaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia; Correspondence[email protected]
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Mena ShehataDepartment of Internal Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-1573
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Mahmoud AbouzidDepartment of Internal Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8078-4199
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Malesa PriceDepartment of Family Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia;
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Fuad ZeidDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West VirginiaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-5691
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Pages 253-255 | Received 07 Jan 2019, Accepted 04 Feb 2019, Published online: 23 Apr 2019

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