Bee venom allergy in beekeepers and their family members

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-347

  Müller, Ulrich R ^a  

^a Medical Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bee venom allergy; Beekeepers; Venom immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAPHYLAXIS; ATOPY; BEE VENOM ALLERGY; BEEKEEPER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REEXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VENOM IMMUNOTHERAPY;

EID: 22544465307     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000173783.42906.95     Document Type: Review

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