The autologous serum skin test in a cohort of chronic idiopathic urticaria patients compared to respiratory allergy patients and healthy individuals

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Guttman yassky, Emma ^a,b   Bergman, Reuven ^a,c   Maor, Carcom ^a   Mamorsky, Merav ^a   Pollack, Shimon ^a,c   Shahar, Eduardo ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autologous serum skin test (ASST); Chronicidiopathic urticaria (CIU)

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 33845618665     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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