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Review
. 1998 Apr 11;316(7138):1147-50.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7138.1147.

ABC of allergies. Allergy and the skin. I--Urticaria

M W Greaves  1 , R A Sabroe
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Review

ABC of allergies. Allergy and the skin. I--Urticaria

M W Greaves et al. BMJ. .
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Dermographism induced with a calibrated, spring loaded dermographometer
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Dermographism induced with a calibrated, spring loaded dermographometer
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Cold urticaria induced by placing an ice cube on the skin for 5 minutes
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Solar urticaria, which can be induced by irradiation of the skin with a solar simulator
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Cholinergic urticaria induced by brisk exercise
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Mucocutaneous angio-oedema
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Investigation of chronic urticaria
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Probable pathogenesis of wealing in autoimmune (anti-FCεRI) chronic urticaria. Activation of cutaneous mast cells by anti-FCεRIα autoantibodies leads to release of proinflammatory mediators and also to activation of eosinophils (via interleukin 5) and immunoglobulin-synthesising B lymphocytes (via interleukin 4 and interleukin 6)
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