A challenge for pediatrician: non allergic urticaria
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[A challenge for pediatrician: non allergic urticaria].
In general population about 15-20% of subjects have suffered from one episode of urticaria-angioedema syndrome in their life. The etiology of his condition is various and multifactorial. In children the principal cause of acute urticaria is infection, while physical factors are the main agents of chronic urticaria. All those conditions which lack an etiology are named chronic idiopathic urticar...
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عنوان ژورنال: La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0391-5387
DOI: 10.4081/pmc.2013.19