Insect sting allergy.
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.
Graft
David F
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Asthma and Allergic Diseases, Park Nicollet Clinic, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA. graftd@parknicollet.com
D000818:Animals; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D006927:Hymenoptera; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D014688:Venoms / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology
D014688:Venoms