Current practice of venom immunotherapy in the UK

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1576-1578

  Long, A A ^a   Camargo Jr , C A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; VACCINE; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT STING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOM IMMUNOTHERAPY;

ALLERGENS; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; VENOMS;

EID: 53749090893     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03077.x     Document Type: Editorial

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