title: Plasma kallikrein amidolytic activity in patients with urticaria.
abstract: We have studied the plasma kallikrein amidolytic activity in healthy control subjects (inactive), patients with chronic urticaria (active) and patients with acute urticaria (active) from their admission to the emergency room (active) to the time after which their clinical symptomatology had disappeared (inactive). We found statistically significant differences (p < 0.01) in the active groups of urticaria patients. This leads us to believe that kallikrein participates in the development of symptomatology in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monteseirín
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bobadilla
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Galindo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Llamas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conde
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D014581:Urticaria / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D007610:Kallikreins