Not all chronic urticaria is 'idiopathic'!

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-13

  Greaves, M W ^a   O'Donnell, B F ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti Fc RI; Autoimmunity; Basophil; Histamine; Immunotherapy; Mast cell; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; FC RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BASOPHIL; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COLD URTICARIA; DERMOGRAPHISM; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAST CELL; PLASMAPHERESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031931601     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1998.tb00296.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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