Solar urticaria successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulins

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-254

  Maksimovic, Laurent ^a   Frémont, Guillemette ^a   Jeanmougin, Michel ^a   Dubertret, Louis ^a   Viguier, Manuelle ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulins; Photobiological exploration; Phototest; Solar urticaria

Indexed keywords

DESLORATADINE; FEXOFENADINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOCETIRIZINE; LORATADINE; SUNSCREEN; TERFENADINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OBESITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLAR URTICARIA; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SUNLIGHT; TERFENADINE; URTICARIA;

EID: 62049084903     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000193998     Document Type: Article

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