Streptococcal tonsillitis as a cause of urticaria: Tonsillitis and urticaria

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Calado, G ^a   Loureiro, G ^a   Machado, D ^a   Tavares, B ^a   Ribeiro, C ^a   Pereira, C ^a   Luis A S ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Angio oedema; Infections; Streptococcus; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT;

ACUTE RECURRENT URTICARIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869102418     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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