Chronic spontaneous urticaria and internal parasites - A systematic review

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 308-322

  Kolkhir, P ^a   Balakirski, G ^b   Merk, H F ^b   Olisova, O ^a   Maurer, M ^c  

^a I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronic spontaneous urticaria; parasites; pathogenesis; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE;

ANISAKIS SIMPLEX; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CHRONIC SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENDOPARASITE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERNAL PARASITE INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TH2 CELL; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TH2 CELLS; URTICARIA;

EID: 84957439153     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12818     Document Type: Review

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