Adverse reactions to ants other than imported fire ants

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 418-425

  Klotz, John H ^a   DeShazo, Richard D ^b   Pinnas, Jacob L ^c   Frishman, Austin M ^d   Schmidt, Justin O ^e   Suiter, Daniel R ^f   Price, Gary W ^g   Klotz, Stephen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMF Pest Management   (United States)

^e Southwest Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g Watson Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LORATADINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROMETHAZINE;

ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANT; DEATH; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HYPOPONERA PUNCTATISSIMA; HYPOTENSION; INSECT STING; LARYNX EDEMA; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMYRMEX EJECTUS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RASH; REVIEW; SOLENOPSIS INVICATA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

EID: 28044444125     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61165-9     Document Type: Article

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