Venom immunotherapy (VIT): Clinical efficacy and improvement in quality of life

Drugs of Today

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. B, 2008, Pages 43-45

  Elberink, Joanne Oude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; YELLOW JACKET VENOM;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETERIORATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT ALLERGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VESPID ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; YELLOW JACKET ALLERGY;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 63449093783     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Oude Elberink, J.N., de Monchy, J.G., van der Heide, S., Guyatt, G.H., Dubois, A.E. Venom immunotherapy improves health- related quality of life in patients allergic to yellow jacket venom. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002, 110(1): 174-82.
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