Pathogenesis of cholinergic urticaria in relation to sweating

Allergology International

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 539-544

  Bito, Toshinori ^a   Sawada, Yu ^b   Tokura, Yoshiki ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholine receptor; Anhidrosis; Hypohidrosis; Sweat hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DANAZOL; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; OMALIZUMAB; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANHIDROSIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOLOGOUS SERUM SKIN TEST; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA; CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA WITH ACQUIRED ANHIDROSIS AND HYPOHIDROSIS; CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA WITH SWEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IDIOPATHIC CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; SWEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY; URTICARIA;

EID: 84871506073     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.12-RAI-0485     Document Type: Review

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