An increase in serum tryptase even below 11.4 ng/mL may indicate a mast cell-mediated hypersensitivity reaction: A prospective study in Hymenoptera venom allergic patients

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1777-1783

  Borer Reinhold, M ^a,b   Haeberli, G ^a   Bitzenhofer, M ^a,b   Jandus, P ^a,b   Hausmann, O ^a,b   Fricker, M ^b   Helbling, A ^a,b   Muller U ^a  

^a Spital Netz Bern   (Switzerland)

^b Allergologisch Immunologisch Poliklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Hymenoptera venom allergy; Hypersensitivity reaction; Mast cell; Tryptase; Venom immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA VENOM; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TRYPTASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155165841     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03848.x     Document Type: Article

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