AutoimmuneUrticaria:ImmunologicalMarkersJInvestigAllergolClinImmunol2011;Vol
21(7):546-550©2011EsmonPublicidadORIGINALARTICLEChronicAutoimmuneUrticaria:FrequencyandAssociationWithImmunologicalMarkersMAbdEl-Azim,SAbdEl-AzimMedicalMicrobiologyandImmunology,FacultyofMedicine,ZagazigUniversity,Zagazig,Egypt■AbstractBackground:Chronicautoimmuneurticaria(CAU),asubgroupofchronicidiopathicurticaria(CIU),ischaracterizedbysevereandpersistentwhealsaccompaniedbyrednessanditching
Diagnosisisalmostcompletelybasedonclinicalsuspicionandtheresultsoftheautologousserumskintest(ASST)
Objectives:TodeterminethefrequencyofCAUandcomparetheclinicalandlaboratoryparametersofpatientswithpositiveandnegativeASSTresults
PatientsandMethods:Atotalof165patientswithchronicurticaria(CU)wereenrolled;31wereexcluded(knowncauses