Safety and efficiency of an accelerated method for venom skin testing

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1424-1425

  Yocum, Michael W ^a,b   Gosselin, Virginia A ^a   Yunginger, John W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0030003891     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70217-8     Document Type: Article

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