Can Internet surveys help us understanding allergic disorders? - Results from a large survey in urticaria in Greece

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 532-537

  Kalogeromitros, D ^a   Psaltopoulou, T ^b   Makris, M ^a   Koti, I ^a   Chliva, C ^a   Stefanadi, E ^a   Hatziagelaki, E ^c   Maurer, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

angio oedema; Greece; Internet; screening; urticaria; weals

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANGIOEDEMA; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954575080     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03817.x     Document Type: Article

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