Antivenom skin test: Theory versus practice

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-

  Rojnuckarin, Ponlapat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; DESENSITIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LETTER; SKIN TEST; SNAKEBITE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 56949100501     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.09.004     Document Type: Letter

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