Diagnostic methods for insect sting allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-306

  Hamilton, Robert G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basophil release; Histamine; Hymenoptera venom; In vivo and in vitro diagnosis; Provocation test; Recombinant allergens; Skin test; Sting challenge; Sulfidoleukotriene; Venom specific immunoglobulin E antibody

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; CD203C ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; ECTONUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHATASE; HISTAMINE; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE C4; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE III; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ALLERGEN;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGY; AUTOPSY; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; BEE VENOMS; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 3442890850     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000136755.13077.b5     Document Type: Review

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