Assessment of the usefulness of autologous serum skin testing in chronic urticaria: A retrospective single-centre study of 74 patients;Évaluation de l'utilité du test au sérum autologue dans l'urticaire chronique idiopathique: étude rétrospective chez 74 patients

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 137, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 444-450

  Belot V ^a   Desbois, I ^a   Martin, L ^a   Valat, C ^b   Lorette, G ^a   MacHet, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autologous serum skin test; Chronic urticaria; Diagnostic test; Self administered questionnaire; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MONTELUKAST; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 77954085036     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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