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Assessment of a fast challenge test with iodinated contrast media in allergic patients with anaphylaxis

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  1. Department of Allergy, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa. Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-P), Madrid, Spain

    Francisco Vega MD PhD, Azahara Lopez-Raigada MD, M. Victoria Mugica MD PhD & Carlos Blanco MD PhD

  2. Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-P), Madrid, Spain

    Rodrigo Jimenez-Saiz PhD

  3. Department of Medicine, McMaster Immnunology Reseach Centre (MIRC), Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute (SAIRI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Rodrigo Jimenez-Saiz PhD

  4. Faculty of Experimentals Sciences, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV), Madrid, Spain

    Rodrigo Jimenez-Saiz PhD

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F. Vega conducted the prospective study, participated in all stages of the study and wrote the first draft of the article. A. Lopez-Raigada y M. V. Múgica collaborated to performed skin tests and drug challenge tests. R. Jimenez-Saiz y C. Blanco collaborated in conceptualization and methodology, and they supervised the study. All authors revised the article critically and approved the final version to be published.

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F. Vega, A. Lopez-Raigada, M. V. Múgica, R. Jimenez-Saiz and C. Blanco declare that they have no competing interests.

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This study was approved by the Committee of Research and Ethics “Comité de Ética de la Investigación con Medicamentos del Hospital Universitario de la Princesa” (approval number 3396). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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Vega, F., Lopez-Raigada, A., Mugica, M.V. et al. Assessment of a fast challenge test with iodinated contrast media in allergic patients with anaphylaxis. Allergo J Int (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-024-00285-w

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