The association of chronic urticaria and angioedema with autoimmune thyroiditis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-190

  Turktas, Ipek ^a,b   Gokcora, Nahide ^a   Demirsoy, Sadik ^a   Cakir, Nuri ^a   Onal, Esra ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bulten sok 42/5   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 0031001515     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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