Failure of omalizumab treatment after recurrent systemic reactions to bee-venom immunotherapy

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-226

  Soriano Gomis, Victor ^a   Gonzalez Delgado, P ^a   Niveiro Hernandez, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic reaction; Bee venom; Immunotherapy; Omalizumab

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMALIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEE STING; CASE REPORT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BEE VENOMS; BEES; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE;

EID: 45749144691     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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