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Evaluation of the utility of autologous serum skin test and the efficacy of autologous serum therapy in chronic spontaneous urticaria
Background: Autologous serum skin test (ASST) evaluates the presence of any serum histamine-releasing factors and histamine-releasing autoantibodies. Autologous serum therapy (AST) is a therapy in which repeated injections of autologous serum are administered intramuscularly for treatment of chronicspontaneous urticaria (CSU). The aim of this study is to evaluate the advantages and compare the ...
متن کاملAutologous Serum Skin Test versus Autologous Plasma Skin Test in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Previous studies indicate that 25-45% of chronic urticaria patients have an autoimmune etiology. Autologous serum skin test (ASST) and autologous plasma skin test (APST) are simple tests for diagnosing chronic autoimmune urticaria (CAU). However, there are still some questions about the specificity of these tests. This study consisted of 50 patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and ...
متن کاملAeroallergen Prick Skin Test and Autologous Serum Skin Test Results in Patients with Chronic Urticaria and Their Comparison
Received September 29, 2011, Revised December 12, 2011, Accepted for publication December 14, 2011 Corresponding author: Teoman Erdem, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, 54187, Korucuk, Sakarya, Turkey. Tel: 90-264-295-7276, Fax: 90-264-205-6629, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attri...
متن کاملAutologous Serum Skin Test as a Diagnostic Aid in Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
Background. Chronic urticaria is defined as urticaria persisting daily for more than six weeks. A significant number of patients had autoimmune basis where autologous serum skin test is widely used for detection of chronic autoimmune urticaria. Objectives. To estimate the frequency of autoimmune urticarial in Iraqi patients utilizing the autologous serum skin test and to evaluate its results wi...
متن کاملHLA among Brazilian patients with spontaneous chronic urticaria and positive autologous serum skin test.
BACKGROUND An association between class I and II alleles of the major histocompatibility complex and idiopathic chronic urticaria has previously been observed in different populations, but there are still no studies on Brazilian populations in this regard. OBJECTIVE The involvement of the major histocompatibility complex classes I and II (loci A, B and DR) in Brazilian patients with idiopathi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0019-5154
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.49000