Journal:
:journal of pediatrics review
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javad ghaffari urticaria, etiology, manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, children
reza farid hossaini allergy research center, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
houshang rafatpanah inflammation and inflammatory research center, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
farahzad jabbari azad bu ali immunology research center, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
soheila shahmohammadi mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran
chronic urticaria is defined as a skin disease with central induration (wheal) and erythema formation around it (flare) that appears at least twice a week and remains at least for 6 weeks continually. the incidence of urticaria in children is about 0.1-3%. most cases of chronic urticaria occur in children between 6-11 years. autoimmune and allergy immaturity is one of the reasons of lower incid...