Urticaria and angioedema: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 719-724

  Kwong, K Y ^a,b   Maalouf, N ^a   Jones, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; EPHEDRINE; FEXOFENADINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYZINE; INSULIN; KETOTIFEN; LORATADINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; STREPTOKINASE; SULFONAMIDE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031744219     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-19981101-07     Document Type: Review

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