Is the autologous plasma skin test in patients with chronic urticaria really useless?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1417-

  Asero, Riccardo ^a   Tedeschi, Alberto ^b   Cugno, Massimo ^b,c  

^a CLINICA SAN CARLO   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HISTAMINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR;

AUTOLOGOUS PLASMA SKIN TEST; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; METABOLISM; NOTE;

BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 67649226994     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.02.039     Document Type: Letter

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