Striking effect of the IL-1 receptor antagonist anakinra in chronic urticarial rash with polyclonal increase in IgA and IgG [11]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-281

  Treudler, Regina ^a   Kauer, Friederike ^a   Simon, Jan Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DICLOFENAC; FEXOFENADINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED;

DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; SCHNITZLER SYNDROME;

EID: 34447529475     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0233     Document Type: Letter

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