Hymenoptera Allergy and Mast Cell Activation Syndromes

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Bonadonna, Patrizia ^a   Bonifacio, Massimiliano ^a   Lombardo, Carla ^a   Zanotti, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Clonal mast cell activation syndromes; Hymenoptera venom allergy; Mast cell activation syndromes; Systemic mastocytosis; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; OMALIZUMAB; TRYPTASE; ALLERGEN; ARTHROPOD VENOM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASYMPTOMATIC SENSITIZATION; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; BEE STING; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CROSS REACTIVE CARBOHYDRATE DETERMINANT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; FAINTNESS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA VENOM ALLERGY; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INDOLENT SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; INSECT ALLERGY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MONOCLONAL MAST CELL ACTIVATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; POLISTES DOMINULUS; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA; VESPIDAE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; SYNDROME;

ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS; SYNDROME; TRYPTASES;

EID: 84952051650     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-015-0582-5     Document Type: Review

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