A Clinical Study of 245 Japanese Patients with Bee Sting and Two Cases Administrated Rush Hymenoptera Venom Immunotherapy
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Rush hymenoptera venom immunotherapy is efficacious and safe.
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عنوان ژورنال: The KITAKANTO Medical Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1343-2826,1881-1191
DOI: 10.2974/kmj.54.297