Partial improvement of solar urticaria after omalizumab

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 490-491

  Waibel, Kirk H ^a   Reese, Drew A ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b   Devillez, Richard L ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LORATADINE; OMALIZUMAB;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOLAR URTICARIA; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SUNLIGHT; URTICARIA;

EID: 75849117497     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.11.007     Document Type: Letter

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