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Adverse drug reactions
Uvular angioedema in a patient on angiotensinreceptorblocker
  1. Ron T Varghese1,
  2. Ronald McCann2,
  3. Khaled Khasawneh1,
  4. Diana G Jacob1
  1. 1 Internal Medicine, White River Medical Center, Batesville, Arkansas, USA
  2. 2 Radiology, White River Medical Center, Batesville, Arkansas, USA
  1. Correspondence to DrRon TVarghese, Internal Medicine, White River Medical Center, Batesville, AR 72501, USA; ronthomasv{at}gmail.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-136554

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