Urticaria and Angioedema

Goldman's Cecil Medicine: Twenty Fourth Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1628-1633

  Dreskin, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84904372614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1604-7.00260-8     Document Type: Chapter

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1. Grattan CE, O'Donnell BF, Francis DM, et al. Randomized double-blind study of cyclosporin in chronic "idiopathic" urticaria. Br J Dermatol 2000, 143:365-372.
2. Zuraw BL, Busse PJ, White M, et al. Nanofiltered C1 inhibitor concentrate for treatment of hereditary angioedema. N Engl J Med 2010, 363:513-522.
3. Cicardi M, Levy RJ, McNeil DL, et al. Ecallantide for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema. N Engl J Med 2010, 363:523-531.
4. Morgan M, Khan D Therapeutic alternatives for chronic urticaria: an evidence-based review, part 1. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2008, 100:403-412. Contains references to many earlier double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of antihistamines as treatment for urticaria.
5. Morgan M, Khan D Therapeutic alternatives for chronic urticaria: an evidence-based review, part 2. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2008, 100:517-526. Contains references to immunomodulatory treatments for urticaria.
6. Riedl MA Update on the acute treatment of hereditary angioedema. Allergy Asthma Proc 2011, 32:11-16. Review of the newly approved acute treatments and others currently being evaluated.
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8. Amar S, Dreskin SC Urticaria and angioedema. Prim Care 2008, 35:141-157. A concise approach to chronic urticaria geared toward the primary care physician.
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10. 2 receptor antagonist given as 30 mg subcutaneously, was better than tranexamic acid for treating acute attacks of hereditary angioedema.
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12. Khan DA Hereditary angioedema: historical aspects, classification, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and laboratory diagnosis. Allergy Asthma Proc 2011, 32:1-10. Review including the role of C1-INH and bradykinin.
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