Immunotherapy in allergy to insect stings in children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 707-709

  Gruchalla, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM; BEE VENOM;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; BEE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT STING; LONG TERM CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASP; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DESENSITIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; NOTE;

ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; CHILD; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3943105515     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe048168     Document Type: Editorial

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