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Correlation between the histopathology of chronic urticaria and its clinical picture

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (6), 2016
Abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic urticaria is characterized by transient, pruritic lesions of varying sizes, with central pallor and well-defined edges, with disease duration longer than six weeks. Its cellular infiltrate consists of neutrophils, lymphocytes and eosinophils. There is a subgroup of patients ...

Impact of chronic urticaria on the quality of life of patients followed up at a university hospital

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (6), 2016
Abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic urticaria is a debilitating disease that considerably affects health-related quality of life, and the Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire is the only questionnaire specifically designed for its evaluation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life of patients w...

Guía argentina de urticaria y angioedema
Argentine guidelines for urticaria and angioedema

Medicina (B.Aires); 74 Suppl 1 (), 2014
This interdisciplinary paper summarizes the news in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic urticaria (CU), and provides concepts, definitions and evidence-based suggestions for its management. Urticaria occurs in at least 20...