Imported fire ant field reaction and immunotherapy safety characteristics: The IFACS study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1294-1299

  La Shell, Mark S ^a   Calabria, Christopher W ^b   Quinn, James M ^b  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; Ant; immunotherapy; insect; risk factors; safety; skin test; sting; systemic reactions

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMPORTED FIRE ANT; INSECT STING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SERUM SICKNESS; SKIN TEST; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 77952741353     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.02.041     Document Type: Article

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