Additives and chronic urticaria.
In patients with chronic urticaria, adverse reactions to food additives are worth looking for. Improvement on a diet free from the additives and a positive double-blind provocation test is today the only way to prove the diagnosis. The mechanism for such adverse reactions is still obscure.
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Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D004032:Diet; D005503:Food Additives / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005520:Food Preservatives / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D004396:Coloring Agents; D005503:Food Additives; D005520:Food Preservatives