Chronic urticaria: new management options
Chronic urticaria is defined as episodic or daily hives lasting for at least 6 weeks and impairs quality of life. Two main subtypes include chronic idiopathic (spontaneous) urticaria and inducible (physical) urticaria, but some patients have urticarial ...
Paul A. Greenberger
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Leukotriene receptor antagonists for chronic urticaria: a systematic review [PDF]
A significant proportion of patients with chronic urticaria respond inadequately to first line treatment with antihistamines. Leukotreine receptor antagonists (LTRA) are also used for chronic urticaria, although firm recommendations on their use are ...
Anoja Rajapakse +4 more
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Tissue eosinophilia and eosinophil degranulation in Riedel's invasive fibrous thyroiditis. [PDF]
The etiology of Riedel's invasive fibrous thyroiditis (IFT) has remained obscure. This rare disorder has been confused in the past with the more common fibrous variant of Hashimoto's disease.
Bahn, R. S. +4 more
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MURTICARIA IN CHILDREN: A MODERN VIEW ON THE PROBLEM
Urticaria is suffering from 15 to 25% of the total human population. In the etiology of urticaria involves several allergens. In the pathogenesis of urticaria participate true allergic reactions and pseudoallergic reactions.
L. P. Sizyakina +4 more
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Purpose: Chronic urticaria is a skin disease with unknown etiology. Autoimmunity and psychogenic factors have been suggested to play a role in pathogenesis. Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disease that may be associated with psychogenic factors.
Emine Müge ACAR, Senem ŞAŞ
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Sex hormones in allergic conjunctivitis: altered levels of circulating androgens and estrogens in children and adolescents with vernal keratoconjunctivitis [PDF]
PURPOSE: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic allergic disease mainly affecting boys in prepubertal age and usually recovering after puberty.
Bonini, S. +4 more
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Evaluation of Serum Substance P Level in Chronic Urticaria and Correlation with Disease Severity.
Substance P (SP) is a neurotransmitter emitted from neurons that plays a role in the pathogenesis of itching conditions including chronic urticarial (CU).
Javad Fadaee +7 more
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Epidemiologic features in patients with antihistamine-resistant chronic urticaria
Background: Current information on the particular features of patients suffering chronic spontaneous urticaria refractory to treatment is limited. Objective: To investigate demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with refractory chronic ...
Mario Sánchez-Borges +2 more
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CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE URTICARIA IN CHILDREN
Urticaria is a common disease in childhood, characterised by the appearance of a transient itchy nettle rash on the skin, which may be accompanied by angioedema.
Lana Stergar +2 more
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Cost Utility of Omalizumab Compared with Standard of Care for the Treatment of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) negatively impacts patient quality of life and productivity and is associated with considerable indirect costs to society.
Agirrezabal, I. +9 more
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