Reactions to prick and intradermal skin tests

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 400-402

  Bagg, Andrew ^a   Chacko, Thomas ^a   Lockey, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE CONGESTION; NURSE; OCULAR PRURITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

EID: 66249135980     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60511-X     Document Type: Article

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