Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is no longer idiopathic: Time for an update

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 455-456

  Maurer, M ^a,b,j   Bindslev Jensen, C ^b   Gimenez Arnau, A ^c   Godse, K ^d   Grattan, C E M ^e   Hide, M ^f   Kaplan, A P ^g   Makris, M ^h   Simons, F E R ⁱ   Zhao, Z ^j   Zuberbier, T ^a   Church, M K ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Padmashree Dr DY Patil Medical College   (India)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^j PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUAGENIC URTICARIA; CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC INDUCIBLE URTICARIA; CHRONIC SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTACT URTICARIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; URTICARIA;

EID: 84873200436     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11171.x     Document Type: Letter

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