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Health Update: Sting treatment

Cherrill Hicks
Monday 30 August 1993 23:02 BST
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A CLINIC for people who are allergic to bee and wasp stings has been set up at Guy's Hospital, London. The Venom Immunotherapy Clinic is offering a three-year desensitisation programme to build up immunity to venom. Allergy to insect venom is found in one in every 200 people.

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