[Immunologic studies in chronic urticaria]

Orv Hetil. 1995 Nov 26;136(48):2603-8.
[Article in Hungarian]

Abstract

Chronic urticaria is considered to be a heterogeneous disease, which can be divided into several subclasses. The authors investigated 126 patients suffering from chronic urticaria with 41 of unknown origin. The aim of the present study was to work out a strategy for the complete investigation of patients with chronic urticaria. The findings of the immunological study modified the results obtained by medical assessment of the 126 chronic urticaria cases, diminished the number of the patient with chronic urticaria unknown etiology.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Angioedema / classification
  • Angioedema / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Female
  • Food Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Tests
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Urticaria / classification
  • Urticaria / etiology
  • Urticaria / immunology*
  • Urticaria Pigmentosa / classification
  • Urticaria Pigmentosa / immunology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies