The effectiveness of a history-based diagnostic approach in chronic urticaria and angioedema

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1575-1580

  Kozel, Martina M A ^a   Mekkes, Jan R ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Bos, Jan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URTICARIA;

EID: 0032415610     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.12.1575     Document Type: Article

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