Specific immunotherapy in Albanian patients with anaphylaxis to hymenoptera venoms

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Mingomataj, Ervin ^a,b   Priftanji, Alfred ^a   Qirko, Etleva ^a   Dinh, Q Thai ^b   Fischer, Axel ^b   Peiser, Christian ^b   Groneberg, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic reactions; Hymenoptera; Rush; Rush SIT

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BEE VENOM; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; PREDNISOLONE; WASP VENOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCONTINENCE; INSECT STING; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; PRURITUS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRIDOR; THORAX DISEASE; TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WHEEZING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSECT BITE; METHODOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; BEE VENOMS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 2942623754     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-2-11     Document Type: Article

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