Specific ultrarush desensitization in Hymenoptera venom-allergic patients

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-413

  Schiavino, Domenico ^a   Nucera, Eleonora ^a   Pollastrini, Emanuela ^a   De Pasquale, Tiziana ^a   Buonomo, Alessandro ^a   Bartolozzi, Francesco ^a   Lombardo, Carla ^a   Roncallo, Chiara ^a   Patriarca, Giampiero ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PHARMALGEN; BEE VENOM; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; WASP VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA VENOM ALLERGY; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; ULTRARUSH DESENSITIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITE; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BEE VENOMS; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 3042722364     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61775-9     Document Type: Article

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