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2778760 
Journal Article 
Management of chronic idiopathic urticaria by the identification and exclusion of dietary factors 
Gibson, A; Clancy, R 
1980 
Yes 
Clinical Allergy
ISSN: 0009-9090 
HEEP/81/08495 
10 
6 
699-704 
English 
7460264 
WOS:A1980KX31500009 
HEEP COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The role played by dietary chemical factors in the pathogenesis of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) was assessed in 76 patients by challenge. Stable remission was established by using an empirically established exclusion diet. A diet modified to exclude those chemicals giving a positive response to challenge was of therapeutic value for time periods of up to 18 mo. Retesting 12 patients at 12 mo. indicated that most patients positive to salicylate or benzoate challenge retained this pattern of reactivity. 
; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Benzoates/adverse effects; Child; Chronic Disease; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Penicillins/adverse effects; Remission; Spontaneous; Salicylates/adverse effects; Tartrazine/adverse effects; Urticaria/diet therapy; Urticaria/etiology; Yeast; Dried/adverse effects; Index Medicus/