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Chronic idiopathic urticaria: a family study.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 1 Aug 2002
Asero Riccardo
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BACKGROUND: Genetic factors play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of many autoimmune disorders. Recent studies demonstrated that chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is an autoimmune disease at least in a subset of patients, but familial studies have not yet been conducted. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the familial pattern of CIU. METHODS: One thousand three hundred eight adults with CIU (aged >12 years; male/female...
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