Tissue Parasites in Patients with Chronic Urticaria

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 777-781

  Demirci, Mustafa ^a,c   Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Aridogan, Buket Cicioglu ^a   Baysal, Vahide ^a   Korkmaz, Metin ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic urticaria; Diagnosis; Fasciolosis; Tissue parasites; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0344665446     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00477.x     Document Type: Article

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