Chronic urticaria: An orphan disease for 125 years

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1211-1213

  Greaves, M W ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BRADYKININ; CYCLOSPORIN A; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OMALIZUMAB; SEROTONIN;

BASOPHIL; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTACT URTICARIA; DERMATITIS; DERMOGRAPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAST CELL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TACHYPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HISTORY; RARE DISEASE; URTICARIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; RARE DISEASES; URTICARIA;

EID: 84903130604     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13055     Document Type: Review

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