Chronic urticaria

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 26, 1995, Pages 1767-1772

  Greaves, Malcolm W ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; BENZOIC ACID; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXEPIN; EPHEDRINE; FOOD ADDITIVE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYZINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SUNSET YELLOW; TARTRAZINE; TERBUTALINE; TERFENADINE; TRIPELENNAMINE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC URTICARIA; FOOD ALLERGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAST CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC VASCULITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS, ALLERGIC CUTANEOUS;

EID: 0029653998     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199506293322608     Document Type: Review

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