Diseases

Chronic Urticaria

Wheals (urticaria) and/or angioedema presented with daily symptoms lasting for more than 6 weeks. It may be classified into chronic spontaneous and chronic inducible urticaria depending on whether a specific trigger can be linked to the development of vascular reaction.

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Abstract

Wheals (urticaria) and/or angioedema presented with daily symptoms lasting for more than 6 weeks. It may be classified into chronic spontaneous and chronic inducible urticaria depending on whether a specific trigger can be linked to the development of vascular reaction.

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21 entry terms
  • Chronic Urticarias
  • Urticaria, Chronic
  • Autoimmune Urticaria
  • Chronic Autoimmune Urticaria
  • Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
  • Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
  • Idiopathic Chronic Urticaria
  • Autoimmune Urticaria, Chronic
  • Autoimmune Urticarias
  • Chronic Autoimmune Urticarias
  • Chronic Idiopathic Urticarias
  • Chronic Spontaneous Urticarias
  • Chronic Urticaria, Idiopathic
  • Idiopathic Chronic Urticarias
  • Idiopathic Urticaria, Chronic
  • Spontaneous Urticaria, Chronic
  • Urticaria, Autoimmune
  • Urticaria, Chronic Autoimmune
  • Urticaria, Chronic Idiopathic
  • Urticaria, Chronic Spontaneous
  • Urticaria, Idiopathic Chronic

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2020

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Previous Indexing

  • Urticaria (1963-2019)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chronic Urticaria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080223. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080223
  2. Chronic Urticaria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3886240