Acute Urticaria

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-21

  Sabroe, Ruth A ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute urticaria; Anaphylaxis; Antihistamines

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BLOOD DERIVATIVE; CANDESARTAN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GADOLINIUM; HYALURONIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE; ISOTRETINOIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE URTICARIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ERUPTION; ECZEMA; ERYSIPELAS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; POLYMORPHIC ERUPTION OF PREGNANCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE INDUCED DERMATOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCROMBROID FISH POISONING; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOXIC ERYTHEMA; URTICARIA;

ACUTE URTICARIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIHISTAMINES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; URTICARIA;

EID: 84887995639     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: 15578607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2013.07.010     Document Type: Review

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