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“Allergic-like/allergic” or “hypersensitivity” reactions? An open debate on ADR terminology

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Tuscan Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance, University of Florence, Viale G. Pieraccini nr. 6, 50139, Florence, Italy

    Francesco Lapi, Alessandro Mugelli & Alfredo Vannacci

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Lapi, F., Mugelli, A. & Vannacci, A. “Allergic-like/allergic” or “hypersensitivity” reactions? An open debate on ADR terminology. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 64, 933–934 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-008-0526-2

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