Six cases of antihistamine-resistant dermographic urticaria treated with oral ciclosporin

Allergology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-550

  Toda, Sayuri ^a   Takahagi, Shunsuke ^a   Mihara, Shoji ^a   Hide, Michihiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antihistamines; Ciclosporin; Dermographic urticaria; Symptomatic dermographism; Urticaria factitia

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETOTASTINE; CETIRIZINE; CHLORCYCLIZINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FEXOFENADINE; HOMOCHLORCYCLIZINE; HYDROXYZINE; HYDROXYZINE PAMONATE; LORATADINE; MONTELUKAST; OLOPATADINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMOGRAPHIC URTICARIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGASTRIC DISTRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REMISSION; SCRATCHING; STOMACH DISEASE; URTICARIA;

EID: 83455257989     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.10-CR-0291     Document Type: Article

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