Successful treatment of occupational allergy to bumblebee venom after failure with honeybee venom extract

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-91

  Stern, A ^a   Wuthrich B ^a   Mullner G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital of Zurich ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bumblebee allergy; Occupational allergy; Venom cross reactions; Venom immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALUTARD; BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BEE STING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BEES; BITES AND STINGS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0033960931     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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