Details

Title

Hypersensitivity to polyethylene glycol (PEG)

Journal title

Folia Medica Cracoviensia

Yearbook

2021

Volume

Vol. 61

Issue

No 4

Affiliation

Czarnobilska, Maria : Department of Pathophysiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland ; Bulanda, Małgorzata : Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland ; Kurnik-Łucka, Magdalena : Department of Pathophysiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland ; Gil, Krzysztof : Department of Pathophysiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Authors

Keywords

polyethylene glycol ; PEG ; hypersensitivity to PEG ; Covid-19 vaccine

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Medyczne

Coverage

55-69

Publisher

Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum

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Date

2022.02.22

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/fmc.2021.140004
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