 Urticaria
"Urticaria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A vascular reaction of the skin characterized by erythema and wheal formation due to localized increase of vascular permeability. The causative mechanism may be allergy, infection, or stress.
| Descriptor ID |
D014581
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.862.945 C20.543.480.904
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Urticaria".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Urticaria".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Urticaria" by people in this website by year, and whether "Urticaria" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Urticaria" by people in Profiles.
-
Bernstein JA, Kavati A, Tharp MD, Ortiz B, MacDonald K, Denhaerynck K, Abraham I. Effectiveness of omalizumab in adolescent and adult patients with chronic idiopathic/spontaneous urticaria: a systematic review of 'real-world' evidence. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2018 04; 18(4):425-448.
-
Smith AA, Humphrey J, McAuley JB, Tharp MD. Common variable immunodeficiency presenting as chronic urticaria. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Aug; 59(2 Suppl 1):S40-1.
-
O'Donoghue M, Tharp MD. Antihistamines and their role as antipruritics. Dermatol Ther. 2005 Jul-Aug; 18(4):333-40.
-
Tharp MD. The clinical efficacy of antihistamines in the skin. Allergy. 2000; 55 Suppl 60:11-6.
-
Tharp MD. Cetirizine: a new therapeutic alternative for chronic urticaria. Cutis. 1996 Jul; 58(1):94-8.
-
Breneman D, Bronsky EA, Bruce S, Kalivas JT, Klein GL, Roth HL, Tharp MD, Treger C, Soter N. Cetirizine and astemizole therapy for chronic idiopathic urticaria: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, comparative trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995 Aug; 33(2 Pt 1):192-8.
-
Dykewicz MS, Rosen ST, O'Connell MM, Patterson R, Kuzel TM, Gilyon KA. Plasma histamine but not anaphylatoxin levels correlate with generalized urticaria from infusions of anti-lymphocyte monoclonal antibodies. J Lab Clin Med. 1992 Aug; 120(2):290-6.
-
Kalivas J, Breneman D, Tharp M, Bruce S, Bigby M. Urticaria: clinical efficacy of cetirizine in comparison with hydroxyzine and placebo. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1990 Dec; 86(6 Pt 2):1014-8.
-
Pandya AG, Beaudoing DL, Tharp MD. Chronic urticaria associated with exogenous thyroid use. Arch Dermatol. 1990 Sep; 126(9):1238-9.
-
Foucar E, Piette WW, Tse DT, Goeken J, Olmstead AD. Urticating histiocytosis: a mast cell-rich variant of histiocytosis X. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1986 May; 14(5 Pt 2):867-73.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|