Insect sting allergy Journal Article uri icon
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abstract
  • Insect sting allergy has served as an excellent model for the allergic process over the past century. In particular, during the last 30 years, a new form of diagnostic testing and treatment with vo m has been one of the great suc-cess stories in the entire field of allergy. VIT reduces the risk of recurrent life-threatening reactions from about 60% to less than 2%. Progress and further questions continue with a search for a definitive diagnostic test that more accurately predicts which patients are at risk for future reactions, and defines which patients can stop VIT and which ones need to continue treatment.

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    publication date
  • 2006
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    Research
    keywords
  • *Hymenoptera
  • Animals
  • Desensitization, Immunologic
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate/*etiology/*prevention & control
  • Insect Bites and Stings/*complications
  • Venoms/adverse effects/immunology
  • Additional Document Info
    volume
  • 90
  • issue
  • 1