Clinical and investigative assessment of patients with positive versus negative autologous serum skin test: A study of 80 south Indian patients

• Hauptverfasser: D S Krupashankar (Verfasst von), K Shashikala (Verfasst von), Rama Madala (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is defined as urticaria persisting daily as or almost daily for more than 6 weeks and affecting 0.1% of the population. Mast cell degranulation and histamine release is of central importance in the pathogenesis of CU. About 40-50% of the patients with chronic idiop...