Chronic Urticaria

Insurance Letter References

• Kikuchi Y and Kaplan A. Mechanism of autoimmune activation of basophils in chronic urticaria.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2001. 107:1056-62.
• Soundararajan S, Kikuchi Y, Joseph K and Kaplan A. Functional assessment of pathogenic IgG subclasses in chronic autoimmune urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2005. 115:815-21.
• Greaves M and Kaplan A, Chapter 14 Chronic Urticaria: Autoimmune chronic urticaria and idopathic chronic Urticaria in Urticaria and Angioedema, Edited by Greaves and Kaplan, 2004, Marcel Dekker, New York.
• Dreskin, SC; "Urticaria and Angioedema"Cecil's Textbook of Medicine.p 1942-1946; 2009. Specific mention of the utility of thes test is on page 1943 in the first paragraph of the second column.
• Altman Leonard C. Autoimmune urticaria.Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology 2007.p 20:196-200
• Sabroe RA et al. Classification of anti-FceR and anti-IgE uatoantibodies in chroinc idiopathic urticaria and correlation with disease severity.J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002.p 110:492-9

Other CU References

• Ferrer M, Kinet JP, and Kaplan AP. Comparative studies of functional and binding assays for IgG anti-FcεRIα (α-subunit) in chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1998. 101:672-676.
• Grattan CEH, O’Donnell BF, Francis DM, Niimi N, Barlow RJ, Seed PT, Kobza Black A, and Greaves MW. Randomized double-blind study of cyclosporine in chronic ‘idiopathic’ urticaria. Br J Dermatol. 2000. 143:365-372.
• Grattan CEH and Humphreys F. Guidelines for evaluation and management of urticaria in adults and children. Br J Dermatol. 2007. 157:1116-1123.
• Greaves M. Chronic Urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2000. 105(4):664-672.
• Greaves M and Tan KT. Chronic Urticaria: Recent Advances. Clinic Rev Allerg Immunol. 2007. 33:134-143.
• Marsland AM, Soundararajan S, Joseph K, and Kaplan AP. Effects of calcineurin inhibitors on an in vitro assay for chronic urticaria. Clin Exp Allergy. 2005. 35:554-559.
• Platzer MH, Grattan CEH, Poulsen LK, and Skov PS. Validation of basophil histamine release against the autologous serum skin test and outcome of serum-induced basophil histamine release studies in a large population of chronic urticaria patients. Allergy. 2005. 60:1152-1156.
• Puccetti A, Bason C, Simeoni S, Millo E, Tinazzi E, Beri R, Peterlana D, Zanoni G, Senna G, Corrocher R, and Lunardi C. In chronic idiopathic urticaria autoantibodies against FcεRII/CD23 induce histamine release via eosinophil acitivation. Clin Exp Allergy. 2005. 35:1599-1607.
• Sheikh, J. Autoantibodies to the high-affinity IgE receptor in chronic urticaria: how important are they?. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2005. 5:403-407.
• Tong LJ, Balakrishnan G, Kochan JP, Kinet JP, and Kaplan AP. Assessment of autoimmunity in patients with chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1997. 99(4):461-465.

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