Fire ant anaphylaxis: Two critical cases in South Carolina

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Levy, Arden L ^a   Wagner, Jeffrey M ^a   Schuman, Stanley H ^b  

^a Medical University of South Carolina ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desensitization by allergist; Fire ant venom anaphylaxis; Treatment of fire ant stings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003027460     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v05n04_05     Document Type: Article

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