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Anaphylaxis is an acute allergic emergency that is potentially fatal. The treatment is epinephrine, which should be administered immediately. Anaphylaxis can be IgE mediated, but clinically indistinguishable events are mediated through other mechanisms, such as non-IgE-mediated mast cell degranulation episodes.
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Kagy, L., Blaiss, M.S. (2007). Anaphylaxis. In: Lieberman, P., Anderson, J.A. (eds) Allergic Diseases. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-382-0_5
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