Stinging insect hypersensitivity: A practice parameter update

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 869-886

  Moffitt, John E ^a   Golden, David B K ^a   Reisman, Robert E ^a   Lee, Rufus ^a   Nicklas, Richard ^a   Freeman, Theodore ^a   Deshazo, Richard ^a   Tracy, James ^a   Bernstein, I Leonard ^a   Blessing Moore, Joann ^a   Khan, David A ^a   Lang, David M ^a   Portnoy, Jay M ^a   Schuller, Diane E ^a   Spector, Sheldon L ^a   Tilles, Steven A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANT VENOM; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EPIPENJR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INSECT VENOM; VACCINE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BEE STING; BRONCHOSPASM; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT STING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE; URTICARIA; WASP;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 4944254302     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.07.046     Document Type: Review

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