Simultaneous intradermal testing with hymenoptera venoms is safe and more efficient than sequential testing

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 542-544

  Strohmeier, B ^a   Aberer, W ^a   Bokanovic, D ^a   Komericki, P ^a   Sturm, G J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

diagnosis; hymenoptera venom allergy; intradermal test; skin test

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA VENOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INSECT ALLERGY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIZATION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84875459213     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12123     Document Type: Article

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