Results and relevance of critical temperature threshold testing in patients with acquired cold urticaria

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 198-200

  Mlynek A ^a,b   Magerl, M ^a   Siebenhaar, F ^a   Weller, K ^a   Vieira Dos Santos, R ^a   Zuberbier, T ^a   Zalewska Janowska, A ^b   Maurer, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acquired cold urticaria; Critical temperature threshold; Disease severity and activity; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED COLD URTICARIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749090155     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09441.x     Document Type: Article

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