Incidence of anaphylaxis with circulatory symptoms: A study over a 3-year period comprising 940 000 inhabitants of the Swiss Canton Bern

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-290

  Helbling, A ^a   Hurni, T ^a   Mueller, U R ^b   Pichler, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Allergy Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic shock; Anaphylaxis; Anaphylaxis due to allergy; Anaphylaxis to drugs; Anaphylaxis to food; Anaphylaxis to hymenoptera venoms; Epidemiology of anaphylaxis; Fatal anaphylaxis; Incidence of anaphylaxis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECT ALLERGY; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; BEES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 1542286592     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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