Cancer risk in patients with chronic urticaria: A population-based cohort study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Chen, Yi Ju ^a,b   Wu, Chun Ying ^a,b,c   Shen, Jui Lung ^b,d   Chen, Tzu Ting ^b   Chang, Yun Ting ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; LYMPHOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSARCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; TAIWANESE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862949374     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.682     Document Type: Article

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