Diagnosis of Hymenoptera venom allergy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1339-1349

  Bilo B M ^a,e   Rueff, F ^b   Mosbech, H ^c   Bonifazi, F ^a   Oude Elberink, J N G ^d   Birnbaum, J ^f   Bucher, C ^f   Forster, J ^f   Hemmer, W ^f   Incorvaia, C ^f   Kontou Fili, K ^f   Gawlik, R ^f   Muller, U ^f   Fernandez, J ^f   Jarish, R ^f   Jutel, M ^f   Wuthrich, B ^f  

^a Allergy Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; in vitro tests; in vivo tests; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYTOLYSIN; HYALURONIDASE; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPASE A1; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; BEE STING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT ALLERGY; MASTOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; VENOMS;

EID: 26944453183     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00963.x     Document Type: Review

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