Detection of IgE to recombinant Api m 1 and rVes v 5 is valuable but not sufficient to distinguish bee from wasp venom allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 247-248

  Sturm, Gunter J ^a   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^b   Hawranek, Thomas ^c   Lang, Roland ^c   Ollert, Markus ^d   Spillner, Edzard ^e   Blank, Simon ^e   Bokanovic, Danijela ^a   Aberer, Werner ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b FAZ Floridsdorf Allergy Center   (Austria)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; API M 1 ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; EPITOPE; HYALURONIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MELITTIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VES V 5 ALLERGEN; WASP VENOM;

BEE VENOM ALLERGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IMMUNOASSAY; INSECT ALLERGY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; WASP VENOM ALLERGY;

BEE VENOMS; BITES AND STINGS; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 79959832860     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.02.021     Document Type: Letter

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