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Grade 3 anaphylactic shock after administration of [99mTc]-labeled nanocolloidal albumin (Nanocoll®) for sentinel node scintigraphy

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Skanjeti, A., Darcissac, C., Jaulent, C. et al. Grade 3 anaphylactic shock after administration of [99mTc]-labeled nanocolloidal albumin (Nanocoll®) for sentinel node scintigraphy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 46, 1214–1215 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-019-04311-w

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