OBJECTIVES To investigate the correlation between the clinical characteristics of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) and the results of autologous serum skin test (ASST). METHODS This prospective observational study was performed in the Motahari Allergy Clinic and included 69 patients referred to the clinic with a diagnosis of CIU. ASSTs were performed on all patients. We compared the disease...

OBJECTIVES To examine the evidence derived from randomized controlled clinical trials on the efficacy and safety of omalizumab compared to placebo in controlling symptoms of chronic idiopathic urticaria/chronic spontaneous urticaria (CIU/CSU). DATA SOURCE The electronic databases PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, Biomed Central, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Wiley, OVID...

Abstract We conducted a retrospective study to characterize our most recent cohort of patients with idiopathic solar urticaria (SU), compare previous findings (Beattie PE, Dawe RS, Ibbotson SH, Ferguson J. Characteristics and prognosis urticaria: 87 cases. Arch Dermatol 2003; 139:1149–54). analysed data derived from in-house database paper electronic records SU seen through the Scottish Photobi...