Low sensitivity of commercially available rApi m 1 for diagnosis of honeybee venom allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 671-673

  Korošec, Peter ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^b   Mittermann, Irene ^b   Čelesnik, Nina ^a   Eržen, Renato ^a   Zidarn, Mihaela ^a   Košnik, Mitja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT VENOM; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; BEE STING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; INSECT ALLERGY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052265598     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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