1. Immunotherapy for Hymenoptera venom allergy compared with real‐life stings: Are we doing our best?
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Pecoraro, Luca, Giovannini, Mattia, Mori, Francesca, Saretta, Francesca, Barni, Simona, Castagnoli, Riccardo, Arasi, Stefania, Mastrorilli, Carla, Liotti, Lucia, Caminiti, Lucia, and Novembre, Elio
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VENOM , *HYMENOPTERA , *IMMUNOTHERAPY , *BEE venom , *VENOM hypersensitivity - Abstract
Keywords: hymenoptera venom allergy; real-life stings; venom immunotherapy EN hymenoptera venom allergy real-life stings venom immunotherapy 209 211 3 02/24/21 20210201 NES 210201 To the Editor, It is known that a Hymenoptera sting cannot be avoided with absolute certainty in a patient affected by Hymenoptera venom allergy (HVA). Indeed, for example, it has been established for particular extracts of VIT for honeybees, that the content of the relevant allergens is mainly represented by Api m 1, and the other allergens make up only to 0.6-2% of their dry weight.12 On the other side, it has been shown that honeybee venom, in addition to Api m 1, contains multiple allergens such as Api m 2, Api m 3, Api m 4, Api m 5 and Api m 10. Component-resolved evaluation of the content of major allergens in therapeutic extracts for specific immunotherapy of honeybee venom allergy. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2021
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