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

• Egile Nagusiak: D S Krupashankar (Egilea), K Shashikala (Egilea), Rama Madala (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...