Global Epidemiology of Urticaria: Increasing Burden among Children, Females and Low-income Regions

• Main Authors: Gabrielle Peck (Author), M. Jawad Hashim (Author), Cristin Shaughnessy (Author), Suraj Muddasani (Author), Nourhan Ali Elsayed (Author), Alan B. Fleischer Jr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Urticaria has a high socioeconomic burden worldwide. However, the global epidemiology of urticaria and its geographical and temporal trends are not well studied. Using the Global Burden of Disease dataset, the aim of this study was to analyse the age-standardized prevalence, incidence, years lived w...