The sting of the honeybee: An allergic perspective

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 463-470

  Brown, Tyson C ^a   Tankersley, Michael S ^a  

^a Wilford Hall Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; CARBOXYLESTERASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; HYALURONIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MELITTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ALLERGY; APICULTURE; BEE STING; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENVENOMATION; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; HONEYBEE ALLERGY; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; POLLINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 82955163180     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.09.015     Document Type: Review

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