Lack of correlation between Helicobacter pylori infection and autologous serum skin test in chronic idiopathic urticaria

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 993-995

  Başkan, Emel Bülbül ^a   Türker, Tugba ^a   Gülten, Macit ^a   Tunali, Sükran ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN TEST; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS; URTICARIA;

EID: 30044437941     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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