Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis in chronic urticaria

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 288-294

  Wedi, Bettina ^a   Wagner, Siegfried ^a   Werfel, Thomas ^a   Manns, Michael Peter ^a   Kapp, Alexander ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic urticaria; Focal infection; Food additives; Helicobacter pylori; Pseudoallergic reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; YERSINIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031872613     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023958     Document Type: Article

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