Physical urticaria: Prevalence, type and natural course in a tropical country

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1194-1199

  Silpa Archa, N ^a   Kulthanan, K ^a   Pinkaew, S ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

natural course; physical urticaria; prevalence; type

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; CHLOROQUINE; COLCHICINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DESLORATADINE; FEXOFENADINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROPANOL; PSORALEN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADRENERGIC URTICARIA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AQUAGENIC URTICARIA; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COLD URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PRESSURE URTICARIA; DERMOGRAPHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL URTICARIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOLAR URTICARIA; TROPICS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052981528     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03951.x     Document Type: Article

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