Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis caused by Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle, Japanese lady beetle, or lady bug)

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 704-705

  Yarbrough, John A ^a   Armstrong, Jack L ^b   Blumberg, Michael Z ^c   Phillips, Amy E ^b   McGahee, Edna ^a   Dolen, William K ^b  

^a Northeast Georgia Physician's Group Allergy and Asthma   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Virginia Allerg Pulmon Assoc PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFESTATION; INSECT; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032842955     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70347-7     Document Type: Article

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