How to assess disease activity in patients with chronic urticaria?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-780

  Mlynek A ^a,b,d   Zalewska Janowska, A ^b,d   Martus, P ^a   Staubach, P ^c   Zuberbier, T ^a,d   Maurer, M ^a,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^d Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin ^*

Author keywords

Chronic urticaria; Disease activity; Mast cells; Urticaria score

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOEDEMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URTICARIA;

EID: 42549126552     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01726.x     Document Type: Article

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