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CURRENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA REPORTS
Volume 14, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
CURRENT MEDICINE GROUP
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-014-0449-1
Keywords
Hymenoptera; Immunotherapy; Venom immunotherapy; Diagnosis; Hypersensitivity; Intradermal tests; Tryptase; Mastocytosis; Sensitization; Allergen
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- Comunidad de Madrid [2502 MITIC-CM]
- Laboratorios Leti
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Venom immunotherapy (VIT) is the most effective form of specific immunotherapy to date. Hitherto, several relevant queries remain unanswered, namely optimal doses, duration, and means of assessment. Important progress has been lately made in terms of diagnosis by means of component-resolved diagnosis. Moreover, basophil activation test results in patients with negative serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) and skin prick test confer this technique a promising future, although these outcomes shall be considered with caution. This review aims to unravel the important advances made on diagnosis, management, and prognosis and also focuses on several undetermined aspects of VIT.
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