Dialyzed venom skin tests for identifying yellow jacket-allergic patients not detected using standard venom

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Golden, David B K ^a   Kelly, Denise ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^a   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a   Kagey Sobotka, Anne ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DIALYZED YELLOW JACKET VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; YELLOW JACKET VENOM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; WASP VENOM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INSECT ALLERGY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; YELLOW JACKET ALLERGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIALYSIS; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; METHODOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; DIALYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SKIN TESTS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 59449105019     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)60107-x     Document Type: Article

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