Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, causal factors and evolution of a group of patients with chronic urticaria-angioedema

Maria Regina Cavariani Silvares, Kunie Iabuki Rabello Coelho, Ivete Dalben, Joel Carlos Lastória, Luciana Patrícia Fernandes Abbade

Sao Paulo Medical Journal · 2007 · 30 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Chronic urticaria-angioedema was more common among middle-aged women. It is a long-term disease, and its cause was explained in about one-third of the patients. Half of the patients presented disease control after treatment lasting an average of approximately one year.

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