Urticaria
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Persistent urticaria characterized by recurrent lasting urticarial erythema with histological features of prominent perivascular eosinophilic infiltration.

22 Nov 2009 We report a 29-year-old woman with a 15-year history of recurrent pruritic urticarial erythemas. The individual lesions lasted for > 24 h, and antihistaminic agents were not effective. Histological examination of a skin biopsy revealed interstitial ... Read more...

A case of localized adrenergic urticaria mimicking an allergic reaction to a sweat chloride test.

30 Aug 2009 Adrenergic urticaria (AU) is a rare type of physical urticaria triggered by stress. It is frequently confused with IgE-mediated urticaria or other physical urticarias. This report describes a case of localized adrenergic urticaria triggered by a ... Read more...

A shot of adrenaline.

30 Aug 2009 Acute macular neuroretinopathy is a rare disorder characterized by the sudden onset of unilateral or bilateral paracentral scotomas with relative sparing of the central vision that occurs mostly in young women. It is often characterized by ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Urticaria'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Persistent urticaria characterized by recurrent lasting urticarial erythema with histological features of prominent perivascular eosinophilic infiltration. 22 Nov 2009
• Clinical problem-solving. The writing on the wall. 29 Sep 2009
• A non-responsive chronic autoimmune urticaria in a 12-year-old autistic girl treated with cyclosporin. 8 Sep 2009
• A case of localized adrenergic urticaria mimicking an allergic reaction to a sweat chloride test. 30 Aug 2009
• A shot of adrenaline. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical problem-solving. A hard diagnosis. 4 Aug 2009
• Shellfish allergy in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Heparin allergy: delayed-type non-IgE-mediated allergic hypersensitivity to subcutaneous heparin injection. 30 Jul 2009
• Association of acute urticaria with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in hospitalized children. 30 Jul 2009
• Adverse effects of papillomavirus vaccines: pharmacovigilance data in 2008. 30 Jul 2009
• IM epinephrine (not SC) for severe urticaria. 30 Jul 2009
• Itching like mad. 30 Jul 2009
• H syndrome and Muckle-Wells syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• [Skin testing with cosmetics brought in by patients] 21 Jul 2009
• [Testing plant products brought in by patients] 19 Jul 2009
• [Provocation tests for urticarias including physical urticaria, aspirin urticaria, and food-dependent exercise--induced urticaria] 29 Jun 2009
• Treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria with levamisole: a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. 29 Jun 2009
• Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in a child. 29 Jun 2009
• Experience with cyclosporine in children with chronic idiopathic urticaria. 29 Jun 2009
• Basophil responsiveness in chronic urticaria. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Urticaria'

Definition: A vascular reaction of the skin characterized by erythema and wheal formation due to localized increase of vascular permeability. The causative mechanism may be allergy, infection, or stress.

Descriptor UI: D014581

Alternative terms: Urticaria; Urticarias; Hives;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C17.800.862.945; C20.543.480.904;

Technical Notes: a form of immediate hypersensitivity; note X ref