Clinical utility of testing for autoimmunity in chronic idiopathic urticaria

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lapolla, Whitney ^a   Desai, Nisha ^a   English III, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmune urticaria test; autoimmunity; CD203 expression test; chronic idiopathic urticaria; chronic urticaria index; IgE antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ATENOLOL; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; FAMOTIDINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY TEST; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PYROPHOSPHATASES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URTICARIA;

EID: 84857453961     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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