Angioedema after ingestion of persimmon fruit
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Angioedema after ingestion of persimmon fruit
Methods A 41-year-old woman developed severe facial angioedema and dyspnea within 15 minutes of persimmon fruit intake. She was treated with intravenous corticosteroids and antihistamines, monitored in a hospital for two days and attended our clinic the next week for assessment of possible fruit allergy. She reported a previous episode of angioedema and generalized urticaria some months ago, im...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Translational Allergy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2045-7022
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-3-s3-p156