High prevalence of autoimmune urticaria in children with chronic urticaria

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  • Luigia Brunetti
  • Ruggiero Francavilla
  • Vito L Miniello
  • Michael H Platzer
  • Domenica Rizzi
  • Maria Letizia Lospalluti
  • Poulsen, Lars K.
  • Lucio Armenio
  • Per Stahl Skov
The etiology of chronic urticaria (CU) in childhood often remains unrecognized. Recently, in adults it has been shown that approximately 40% of patients with CU have autoimmune urticaria (AU); however, no data are available in children.
Original languageEnglish
JournalThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
Volume114
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)922-7
Number of pages6
ISSN0091-6749
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2004

    Research areas

  • Adolescent, Autoantibodies, Autoimmune Diseases, Child, Child, Preschool, Chronic Disease, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin E, Infant, Male, Prevalence, Receptors, IgE, Risk Factors, Sensitivity and Specificity, Urticaria

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