Insect sting allergy

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-232

  Graft, David F ^a,b  

^a PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BEE VENOM; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ICE; OXYGEN; WASP VENOM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANT; BEE; BUMBLEBEE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIRST AID; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POLISTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM SICKNESS; SKIN TEST; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VESPA CRABRO; VESPIDAE; VESPULA; WASP;

ANIMALS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; VENOMS;

EID: 27944434238     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2005.08.006     Document Type: Review

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