Increased d-dimer concentration in plasma of patients with severe acute urticaria

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1409-1410

  Kasperska Zajac, A ^a   Brzoza, Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute urticaria; D dimer; Fibrinolysis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; D DIMER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE URTICARIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; D DIMER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URTICARIA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72649099630     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09466.x     Document Type: Letter

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