Chronic urticaria: Recent advances

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 134-143

  Greaves, Malcolm W ^a,b   Tan, Kian Teo ^c  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b London Allergy Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angioedema; Autoimmune; Urticaria; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DESLORATADINE; DOXEPIN; FEXOFENADINE; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE; ZAFIRLUKAST; AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URTICARIA; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, IGE; URTICARIA;

EID: 39649100689     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-007-0038-3     Document Type: Review

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