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Castagna J, Tetart F, Badaoui A, Amsler E, Pralong P, Castelain F, Delaunay J, Soria A. Severe cholinergic urticaria: Clinical characteristics and therapeutic approach. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2024; 151:103310. [PMID: 39197394 DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2024.103310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- J Castagna
- Dermatology and Allergy Department, Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France.
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- Dermatology and Allergy Department, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- Private Practice, 26 rue Laferrière, 75009 Paris, France; Dermatology Department, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, Saint-Mandé, France
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- Sorbonne University, Dermatology and Allergy Department, Tenon Hospital, UCARE and ACARE Tenon Hospital center Paris, France
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- Dermatology and Allergy Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- Dermatology and Allergy Department, Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France
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- Dermatology and Allergy Department, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France
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- Sorbonne University, Dermatology and Allergy Department, Tenon Hospital, UCARE and ACARE Tenon Hospital center Paris, France
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Soria A. Chronic inducible urticaria a particular form of chronic urticaria. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2024; 38:452-453. [PMID: 38391218 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.19787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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- Angèle Soria
- Médecine Sorbonne Université, Service de Dermatologie et Allergologie, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
- Centre d'Immunologie et de Maladies infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, INSERM U1135, Paris, France
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Fukunaga A, Oda Y, Imamura S, Mizuno M, Fukumoto T, Washio K. Cholinergic Urticaria: Subtype Classification and Clinical Approach. Am J Clin Dermatol 2023; 24:41-54. [PMID: 36107396 PMCID: PMC9476404 DOI: 10.1007/s40257-022-00728-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) is a subtype of chronic inducible urticaria with a chief complaint of itching and/or stinging, painful papular wheals that develop simultaneously with sweating. This review specifically focuses on several subtypes of CholU and specifically investigates the relationship between CholU and anhidrosis. We review recent publications and update the evidence around CholU, including the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic approaches, physiopathology, subtype classification, and therapeutic approaches. Multiple mechanisms contribute in a complex manner to the development of CholU, including histamine, sweat allergy, cholinergic-related substances, poral occlusion, and hypohidrosis/anhidrosis. A new schematic of the currently known pathological conditions has been created. Specific methods for diagnosing CholU, a provocation test, and evaluation methods for disease severity/activity and disease burden of CholU are summarized. The characteristics of the diseases that should be differentiated from CholU and examination methods are also summarized. The primary finding of this review is that CholU should be categorized based on the etiology and clinical characteristics of each subtype to properly manage and treat the disease. This categorization leads to improvement of therapeutic resistance status of this disease. In particular, a sweating abnormality should be given more attention when examining patients with CholU. Because CholU is not a homogeneous disease, its subtype classification is important for selection of the most suitable therapeutic method. Further elucidation of the pathophysiology of each subtype is expected.
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- Atsushi Fukunaga
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan.
- Department of Dermatology, Division of Medicine for Function and Morphology of Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan.
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, 5-7-1 Koji-Dai Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2273, Japan
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Wang Y, Scheffel J, Vera CA, Liu W, Günzel D, Terhorst-Molawi D, Maurer M, Altrichter S. Impaired sweating in patients with cholinergic urticaria is linked to low expression of acetylcholine receptor CHRM3 and acetylcholine esterase in sweat glands. Front Immunol 2022; 13:955161. [PMID: 35967390 PMCID: PMC9373796 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.955161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Cholinergic urticaria (CholU), a frequent form of chronic inducible urticaria, is characterized by itchy wheals and angioedema in response to sweating. As of now, the rate and pathophysiological relevance of impaired sweating in patients with CholU are ill-defined. Aim To assess in CholU patients the rate and extent of impaired sweating and its links to clinical and pathophysiological features of CholU. Patients and methods We assessed sweating in patients with CholU (n = 13) subjected to pulse-controlled ergometry (PCE) provocation testing. Pre- and post-PCE biopsies of lesional (L) and non-lesional (NL) skin were analyzed for the expression of acetylcholine receptor M3 (CHRM3) and acetylcholine esterase (ACh-E) by quantitative histomorphometry and compared to those of healthy control subjects (HCs). CholU patients were assessed for disease duration and severity as well as other clinical features. Results Of the 13 patients with CholU, 10 showed reduced sweating in response to PCE provocation, and 3 had severely reduced sweating. Reduced sweating was linked to long disease duration and high disease severity. CholU patients with impaired sweating responses showed reduced sweat gland epithelial expression of CHRM3 and ACh-E. Conclusion Reduced sweating is common in CholU patients, especially in those with long-standing and severe disease, and it can be severe. Reduced expression of CHRM3 and ACh-E may be the cause or consequence of CholU in patients with impaired sweating, and this should be explored by further studies.
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- Yiyu Wang
- Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Dermatology, Air Force Medical Center, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology (ITMP), Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology (ITMP), Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Air Force Medical Center, Beijing, China
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- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology (ITMP), Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology (ITMP), Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
- *Correspondence: Marcus Maurer,
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology (ITMP), Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
- Comprehensive Allergy Center, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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Altrichter S, Mellerowicz E, Terhorst-Molawi D, Grekowitz E, Weller K, Maurer M. Disease Impact, Diagnostic Delay, and Unmet Medical Needs of Patients With Cholinergic Urticaria in German-Speaking Countries. FRONTIERS IN ALLERGY 2022; 3:867227. [PMID: 35769577 PMCID: PMC9234879 DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2022.867227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) is a common type of chronic inducible urticaria. Little is known about the burden of the disease and its unmet medical needs. Aim To characterize the unmet medical needs of patients with CholU. Methods Patients with CholU (n = 111) took part in a German online survey that assessed their symptoms, diagnostic delay, impact on daily life, quality of life (QoL), and their experience with physician care. Results Virtually all patients reported typical signs and symptoms of CholU, i.e., whealing (93.7%) and itching (91.9%), in response to typical trigger situations, such as physical activity, passive warming, or stress. Despite this, patients reported a marked diagnostic delay of 30.2 months (range from 0 to 279 months). Only 38% of the patients received a blood examination, and only 16% underwent provocation testing for diagnosing CholU, as recommended by the international guidelines. Physician contacts were common, but patient satisfaction with their disease management was low. In total, 90.1% of the patients stated to have an uncontrolled disease, resulting in a strong impact on their everyday activities, sleep, and QoL. Conclusion Patients with CholU exhibit many important unmet needs, and improvement in the diagnostic workup and patient care is needed, as are better treatment options.
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- Sabine Altrichter
- Institute for Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
- *Correspondence: Marcus Maurer
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Maurer M, Magerl M. Differences and Similarities in the Mechanisms and Clinical Expression of Bradykinin-Mediated vs. Mast Cell-Mediated Angioedema. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2021; 61:40-49. [PMID: 33534062 PMCID: PMC8282544 DOI: 10.1007/s12016-021-08841-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Angioedema (AE), transient localized swelling due to extravasated fluid, is commonly classified as mast cell mediator-induced, bradykinin-mediated or of unknown cause. AE often occurs more than once, and it is these recurrent forms of AE that are challenging for patients and physicians, and they are the ones we focus on and refer to as AE in this review. Since effective treatment depends on the causative mediator, reliable and early diagnosis is essential. Although their clinical presentations bear similarities, many forms of angioedema exhibit specific patterns of clinical appearance or disease history that may aid in diagnosis. Here, we describe the most common differences and similarities in the mechanisms and clinical features of bradykinin-mediated and mast cell mediator-induced types of angioedema. We first provide an overview of the diseases that manifest with mast cell mediator-induced versus bradykinin-mediated angioedema as well as their respective underlying pathogenesis. We then compare these diseases for key clinical features, including angioedema location, course and duration of swelling, attack frequency, prevalence and relevance of prodromal signs and symptoms, triggers of angioedema attacks, and other signs and symptoms including wheals, age of onset, and duration. Our review and comparison of the clinical profiles of different types of angioedema incorporate our own clinical experience as well as published information. Our aim is to highlight that mast cell mediator-induced and bradykinin-mediated angioedema types share common features but are different in many aspects. Knowledge of the differences in underlying pathomechanisms and clinical profiles between different types of angioedema can help with the diagnostic approach in affected patients and facilitate targeted and effective treatment.
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- Marcus Maurer
- Dermatological Allergology, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
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- Dermatological Allergology, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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Tokura Y. Direct and indirect action modes of acetylcholine in cholinergic urticaria. Allergol Int 2021; 70:39-44. [PMID: 32565175 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) manifests small, itchy and/or painful wheals occurring upon perspiration and mechanically involving acetylcholine (Ach). Although a considerable number of studies have been conducted, the pathomechanisms underlying perspiration-associated release of histamine remain to be elucidated. We have proposed that CholU can be categorized into two major subtypes: Ach-indirectly induced, sweat allergic type and Ach-directly induced, depressed sweating type. In the former type, Ach evokes perspiration, and some sweat antigen(s) leaking from the sweat ducts to the dermis may stimulate mast cells to release histamine. In this scenario, the ducts might be damaged or obstructed for sweat leakage, and patients frequently exhibit positive autologous sweat skin test, representing "sweat allergy (hypersensitivity)". On the other hand, the latter Ach-mast cell directly interacting type, typically seen as "CholU with anhidrosis and/or hypohidrosis (CUAH)", eccrine sweat gland epithelial cells lack cholinergic receptor M3 expression. The expression of cholinergic receptors is completely absent in the anhidrotic areas and only slightly expressed in the hypohidrotic areas. In the hypohidrotic area, where pinpoint wheal occurs, it is hypothesized that released Ach cannot be completely trapped by cholinergic receptors of eccrine glands and overflows to the adjacent mast cells, leading to wheal formation. Thus, sweat allergy is not a requirement in this depressed sweating type. Although some additional complications, such as angioedema, anaphylaxis, and cold urticaria, have been documented, these two types represent the modes of action of Ach in this enigmatic urticaria.
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Geller M. Clinical Management of Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis and Cholinergic Urticaria. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE 2020; 8:2209-2214. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Mellerowicz E, Weller K, Zuberbier T, Maurer M, Altrichter S. Real-life treatment of patients with cholinergic urticaria in German-speaking countries. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2019; 17:1141-1147. [PMID: 31765087 DOI: 10.1111/ddg.13979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) is a frequent type of chronic inducible urticaria. Symptomatic treatment with second-generation antihistamines (sgAH) is recommended by current guidelines as first-line therapy, but little is known about how patients with CholU are treated in real life and how they respond to treatment. AIM To assess real-life treatment of CholU in German-speaking countries. METHODS Patients with CholU (n = 111) took part in an online survey study that assessed their treatments and their treatment responses. RESULTS Virtually all patients (97 %) had used antihistamines, 87 % of them sgAH; 23 % had also taken first-generation antihistamines (fgAH). The proportion of patients who benefited from standard-dosed antihistamine treatment was low (sgAH: 32 % vs. fgAH: 16 %), and side effects of sgAH and fgAH were comparable. Updosing of antihistamines had been tried by 66 patients (59 %) (most commonly [98 %, n = 65] with sgAH) and resulted in marginally better responses (sgAH: 38 % vs. fgAH: 32 %). Only very few patients had used other treatments, mostly corticosteroids (30 %) and omalizumab (5 %). CONCLUSIONS SgAH were commonly used, but insufficient in about two thirds of CholU patients. Accordingly, improved use of third-line and fourth-line treatment options and development of better therapies for patients with CholU are needed.
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- Emilia Mellerowicz
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Mellerowicz E, Weller K, Zuberbier T, Maurer M, Altrichter S. Therapie von Patienten mit cholinergischer Urtikaria im Alltag in deutschsprachigen Ländern. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2019; 17:1141-1149. [PMID: 31765100 DOI: 10.1111/ddg.13979_g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Emilia Mellerowicz
- Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
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- Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
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- Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
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- Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
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- Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
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