Chronic urticaria and treatment options
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Chronic Urticaria: Indian Context—Challenges and Treatment Options
Urticaria is a common condition that occurs in both children and adults. Most cases have no specific allergic trigger and the aetiology of urticaria remains idiopathic and occasionally spontaneous in nature. Inappropriate advice such as avoidance of foods (milk, egg, prawn, and brinjal) is common place in certain sections of India mostly by nonspecialists that should not be routinely recommende...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0019-5154
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.57603