Urticaria and Angioedema: A Practical Approach

American Family Physician

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1123-1128

  Muller, Barbara A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ALLERGA D; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYPROHEPTADINE; DESLORATADINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FEXOFENADINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; LORATADINE; MONTELUKAST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BASOPHIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HUMAN; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POPULATION; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URTICARIA;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; URTICARIA;

EID: 1542317809     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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