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Hockenhull J, Elremeli M, Cherry MG, et al. A Systematic Review of the Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmalgen® for the Treatment of Bee and Wasp Venom Allergy. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2012 Mar. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 16.12.)
A Systematic Review of the Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmalgen® for the Treatment of Bee and Wasp Venom Allergy.
Show details- AAAAI
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
- AAI
adrenaline auto-injector
- AG
Assessment Group
- AR
adverse reaction
- BOT
burden of treatment
- CRD
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- EAACI
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- EQ-5D
European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions
- FS
- HBV
honey bee venom
- HDA
high-dose antihistamine
- HES
hospital episode statistics
- ICER
incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
- IDT
intradermal skin testing
- IgE
- IgG
immunoglobulin G
- ITT
intention to treat
- LLR
large local reaction
- MCMC
Markov chain Monte Carlo
- MTC
mixed-treatment comparison
- N/A
not available
- NA
not applicable
- NICE
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
- non-PhVIT
venom immunotherapy using non-Pharmalgen® products
- NR
not reported
- PhVIT
venom immunotherapy using Pharmalgen® products
- PSSRU
Personal Social Services Research Unit
- QALY
quality-adjusted life-year
- QoL
quality of life
- RAST
radioallergosorbent testing
- RCT
randomised controlled trial
- SC
- SCIT
subcutaneous immunotherapy
- SLIT
sublingual immunotherapy
- SmPC
summary of product characteristics
- SPT
skin prick testing
- STAI
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
- VIT
- VQLQ
Vespid Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire
- WBE
whole bee extract
All abbreviations that have been used in this report are listed here unless the abbreviation is well known (e.g. NHS), or it has been used only once, or it is a non-standard abbreviation used only in figures/tables/appendices, in which case the abbreviation is defined in the figure legend or in the notes at the end of the table.
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