Allergic Acute Coronary Syndrome Without Identifiable Triggers – Kounis Syndrome Type I Associated with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria. Case Report and Review of the Literature

Maria Andreea Micu; Dan Alexandru Cozac; Diana Ioana Prația-Aron; Cosmin Macarie; Corina Ureche

doi:10.2478/jce-2025-0016

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