Chronic urticaria: One step forward and two steps back

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 368-369

  Asero, Riccardo ^a   Cugno, Massimo ^b   Tedeschi, Alberto ^c  

^a CLINICA SAN CARLO   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC URTICARIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LETTER; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TEST;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; URTICARIA;

EID: 34447307676     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.03.027     Document Type: Letter

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