Etiologic aspects and prognostic factors of patients with chronic urticaria: Nonrandomized, prospective, descriptive study

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 198-203

  Gregoriou, Stamatis ^a   Rigopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Katsambas, Andreas ^a   Katsarou, Alexandra ^a   Papaioannou, Dimitrios ^a   Gkouvi, Aikaterini ^a   Kontochristopoulos, George ^a   Danopoulos, Ifigenia ^a   Stavrianeas, Nikolaos ^a   Kalogeromitros, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; LORATADINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANGIOEDEMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; URTICARIA;

EID: 70349570752     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2008.08035     Document Type: Article

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