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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102160

STUDIES ON HYPERSENSITIVITY TO PENICILLIN. I. INCIDENCE OF REACTIONS IN 1303 PATIENTS

Mark H. Lepper, Harry F. Dowling, Jay A. Robinson, Thomas E. Stone, Robert L. Brickhouse, Eston R. Caldwell Jr., and Richard L. Whelton

George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

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Presented at the Second National Symposium on Recent Advances in Antibiotics Research held in Washington, D. C., April 11-12, 1949, under the auspices of the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency.

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Aided by a Grant from the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

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George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

1

Presented at the Second National Symposium on Recent Advances in Antibiotics Research held in Washington, D. C., April 11-12, 1949, under the auspices of the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency.

2

Aided by a Grant from the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

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George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

1

Presented at the Second National Symposium on Recent Advances in Antibiotics Research held in Washington, D. C., April 11-12, 1949, under the auspices of the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency.

2

Aided by a Grant from the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

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George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

1

Presented at the Second National Symposium on Recent Advances in Antibiotics Research held in Washington, D. C., April 11-12, 1949, under the auspices of the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency.

2

Aided by a Grant from the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

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George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

1

Presented at the Second National Symposium on Recent Advances in Antibiotics Research held in Washington, D. C., April 11-12, 1949, under the auspices of the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency.

2

Aided by a Grant from the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

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George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

1

Presented at the Second National Symposium on Recent Advances in Antibiotics Research held in Washington, D. C., April 11-12, 1949, under the auspices of the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency.

2

Aided by a Grant from the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

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George Washington University Medical Division, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

1

Presented at the Second National Symposium on Recent Advances in Antibiotics Research held in Washington, D. C., April 11-12, 1949, under the auspices of the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency.

2

Aided by a Grant from the Antibiotics Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

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Published September 1, 1949 - More info

Published in Volume 28, Issue 5 on September 1, 1949
J Clin Invest. 1949;28(5):826–831. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102160.
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