Severe human urticaria produced by ant (Odontomachus bauri, Emery 1892) (hymenoptera: Formicidae) venom

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 801-803

  Rodriguez Acosta, Alexis ^a   Reyes Lugo, Matias ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; LORATADINE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT STING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; TROPICS; URTICARIA;

ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS; LORATADINE; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0036858603     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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