PMID- 33364881
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220419
IS  - 1302-7123 (Print)
IS  - 1308-5123 (Electronic)
IS  - 1302-7123 (Linking)
VI  - 54
IP  - 4
DP  - 2020
TI  - The Etiological Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Urticaria.
PG  - 424-427
LID - 10.14744/SEMB.2018.98216 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Chronic urticaria (CU) is a common skin disease characterised by skin 
      lesions and angioedema lasting longer than six weeks. Although many factors, such 
      as autoimmune diseases, infections, drugs and malignities, are blamed in the 
      etiology, no reason can be found in a significant majority of the patients. The 
      present study aims to investigate the factors which have a role in the etiology 
      in patients diagnosed with CU. METHODS: Sixty-two patients who were followed-up 
      with the diagnosis of CU in the Allergy Polyclinic of Dermatology Clinic were 
      retrospectively evaluated in this study. The clinical and laboratory data of the 
      patients were obtained from the patient files and the hospital automation system. 
      The obtained data were given as a number and percentage for the categorical 
      variables and as mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum for the numerical 
      variables. RESULTS: The patient group consisted of 33 women (53.2%), and 29 men 
      (46.8%), with 62 patients. The prevalence of angioedema was calculated as 51.6%, 
      and the accompanying physical hives was calculated as 40.3%. Autoimmune disease 
      was accompanying in 14 (22.6%) patients, and coexisting infection was detected in 
      15 (24.2%) patients. Thyroid autoantibodies were detected positive in 24.5% of 
      the patients, and helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) antigen was found positive in 
      69% of the patients. CONCLUSION: Autoimmune thyroid diseases and infections are 
      frequently detected as the accompanying diseases in patients diagnosed with CU.
CI  - Copyright: (c) 2020 by The Medical Bulletin of Sisli Etfal Hospital.
FAU - Erdem, Yasemin
AU  - Erdem Y
AD  - Department of Dermatology, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Sisli Hamidiye 
      Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Altunay, Ilknur
AU  - Altunay I
AD  - Department of Dermatology, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Sisli Hamidiye 
      Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Ozkur, Ezgi
AU  - Ozkur E
AD  - Department of Dermatology, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Sisli Hamidiye 
      Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Sivaz, Onur
AU  - Sivaz O
AD  - Department of Dermatology, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Sisli Hamidiye 
      Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201211
PL  - Turkey
TA  - Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul
JT  - Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni
JID - 9424130
PMC - PMC7751234
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Etiology
OT  - chronic
OT  - urticaria
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2020/12/29 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/29 06:01
PMCR- 2020/12/11
CRDT- 2020/12/28 12:04
PHST- 2018/10/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/12/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/28 12:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/29 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - MBSEH-54-424 [pii]
AID - 10.14744/SEMB.2018.98216 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul. 2020 Dec 11;54(4):424-427. doi: 
      10.14744/SEMB.2018.98216. eCollection 2020.