An overview of delayed pressure urticaria with special emphasis on pathogenesis and treatment

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Cassano, Nicoletta ^a   Mastrandrea, Valentina ^a   Vestita, Michelangelo ^a   Vena, Gino Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delayed pressure urticaria; Pathogenesis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CETIRIZINE; CHLOROQUINE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; DESLORATADINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; KETOTIFEN; METHOTREXATE; MONTELUKAST; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STANOZOLOL; THEOPHYLLINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANAMNESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED PRESSURE URTICARIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; URTICARIA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; PRESSURE; URTICARIA;

EID: 72449190093     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01268.x     Document Type: Review

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