Chronic Urticaria: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
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OBJECTIVES After participating in the CME activity, primary care physicians should be able to: 1. Describe the clinical and histopathological differences between chronic urticaria and acute urticaria 2. Describe the leading identifiable causes of chronic urticaria 3. Understand how to perform diagnostic workup of chronic urticaria 4. Understand the available medical treatments of chronic urticaria
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