Epidemiology of urticaria: A representative cross-sectional population survey

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 869-873

  Zuberbier, T ^a   Balke, M ^a   Worm, M ^a   Edenharter, G ^b   Maurer, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Edenharter Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY TEST; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; BERLIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957775579     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03840.x     Document Type: Article

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