Serum IgE against galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose is common in Laotian patients with snakebite envenoming but not the major trigger for early anaphylactic reactions to antivenom
Snake antivenom is the only specific treatment for snakebite envenoming, but life-threatening anaphylaxis is a severe side effect and drawback for the use of these typically mammalian serum products. The present study investigates the hypotheses whether serum IgE antibodies against the epitope galac...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Toxicon: X |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590171020300321 |