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HERO ID
7413466
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Urticaria, Angioedema and Anaphylaxis
Author(s)
Braun-Falco, O; Plewig, G; Wolff, HH; Burgdorf, WHC; ,
Year
2000
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Location
Berlin, Heidelberg
Book Title
Dermatology
Page Numbers
431-456
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-97931-6_11
URL
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-97931-6_11
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Abstract
In English, “urticaria” refers to both a lesion and a disease. In Latin, things are clearer. The lesion, urtica or hive, is an erythematous, usually pruritic papule or plaque that appears and disappears over relatively short periods of times. The disorder, urticaria, features many hives; there are many different causes of urticaria and a wide variety of subtypes. The German name Nesselfieber refers to the typical skin reaction following contact with the stinging nettie (Urtica dioica), a common plant. While one distinguishes between acute and chronic urticaria, the individual lesions are almost always short-lived. Patients with chronic urticaria develop new lesions over many weeks, months or even years.
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