Skin test positivity to aeroallergens in the patients with chronic urticaria without allergic respiratory disease

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-54

  Caliskaner, Zafer ^a   Ozturk, S ^a   Turan, M ^a   Karaayvaz, M ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides; Mites; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ADDITIVE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URTICARIA;

EID: 1942473694     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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