Epidemiology of insect venom sensitivity in children and its correlation to clinical and atopic features

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 834-838

  Novembre, E ^a,b   Cianferoni, A ^a   Bernardini, R ^a   Veltroni, M ^a   Ingargiola, A ^a   Lombardi, E ^a   Vierucci, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Insect venom sensitivity

Indexed keywords

INSECT VENOM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INSECT BITE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BEE VENOMS; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0031866710     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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