title: [Chronic urticaria: evaluation and long-term follow-up].
abstract: Two major difficulties occur as soon as one is confronted to a patient suffering from chronic urticaria: the determination of an etiology that might be amenable to treatment and the establishment of an efficient treatment and satisfying follow-up for the patient. After having reviewed the different possible etiologies of chronic urticaria, this paper attempts to propose a logical diagnostic approach for the primary care physician. This will allow him to identify the etiologies that are the most common and responsive to a specific treatment and then to detail the modalities of this treatment.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine, Unité hospitalière de Neuchâtel, Hôpital des Cadolles.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaeser
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Frei
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014581:Urticaria / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Urticaire chronique: bilan et suivi à long terme.