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Contact urticaria and its mechanisms

1994; Elsevier BV; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0278-6915(94)90170-8

ISSN

1873-6351

Autores

Jeff D. Harvell, Margaret M. Bason, Howard I. Maibach,

Tópico(s)

Mast cells and histamine

Resumo

This paper reviews the syndrome of contact urticaria in terms of current knowledge regarding pathophysiological mechanisms. The three mechanistic categories into which contact urticants are grouped include: (1) immunological contact urticaria, (2) non-immunological contact urticaria and (3) uncertain-mechanism-mediated contact urticaria. Within this schema, the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and therapy of contact urticaria are presented.

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