Lower serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate concentration in chronic idiopathic urticaria: A secondary transient phenomenon?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 743-744

  Kasperska Zajac, A ^a   Brzoza, Z ^a   Rogala, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic idiopathic urticaria; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; URTICARIA;

EID: 49749110791     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08694.x     Document Type: Letter

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