Update on urticaria and angioedema (hives).
The update on urticaria involves new concepts on the pathogenesis and the treatment of severe hives that are unresponsive to conventional treatments. A newly described autoantibody IgG against IgE receptor has been identified in some severe chronic urticaria patients. Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating agents are being used with increasing frequency by academic faculty and other physicians in severe chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU).
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Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of South Florida Health Sciences Center, Tampa, USA.
D000799:Angioedema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D014581:Urticaria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology