Allergy to bumblebees

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-297

  De Groot, Hans ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Bumblebee; Cross reactivity; Honeybee; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; BEE; BEE STING; CROSS REACTION; DYSPNEA; GREENHOUSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; WORKER; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BEES; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS;

EID: 33748442523     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000235905.87676.09     Document Type: Review

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