Death after bee-sting;Tod nach bienenstich

Hautarzt

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 348-350

  Nowak, R ^a   Gottlober P ^a   Peter, R U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic shock; Bee sting; Insect venom

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEE STING; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; TONGUE; AGE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL; BEE; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BEES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038341640     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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