Low B12 levels in chronic idiopathic urticaria

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 292-299

  Mete, Nihal ^a   Gulbahar, O ^a   Aydin, A ^a   Sin, A Z ^a   Kokuludag, A ^a   Sebik, F ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti thyroid antibodies; Autoimmunity; Chronic idiopathic urticaria; Gastric; Helicobacter pylori; Parietal cell antibodies; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; UREA BREATH TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL CELLS, GASTRIC; URTICARIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 15044365396     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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