Chronic urticaria: A disease at a crossroad between autoimmunity and coagulation

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Asero, Riccardo ^a   Riboldi, Piersandro ^b   Tedeschi, Alberto ^c   Cugno, Massimo ^b   Meroni, Pierluigi ^b  

^a CLINICA SAN CARLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chronic urticaria; Coagulation cascade; Histamine; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLATOXIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; THROMBIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DEGRANULATION; EDEMA; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASOPHILS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAST CELLS; RECEPTORS, IGE; THROMBIN; URTICARIA;

EID: 35548966677     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2007.08.002     Document Type: Review

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