Journal article
Association of Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema With Thyroid Autoimmunity
Abstract
Seventeen patients, constituting 12.1% of 140 consecutively seen cases of chronic urticaria, demonstrated thyroid autoimmunity with thyroid microsomal antibodies (TMAs) in serum titers greater than or equal to 1:1,600. Eight of these 17 patients had goiter or thyroid dysfunction. In a control group of 477 consecutively seen patients, only 27 (5.6%) had similar TMA titers. Routine and special immunologic test results in this group of 17 patients …
Authors
Leznoff A; Josse RG; Denburg J; Dolovich J
Journal
JAMA Dermatology, Vol. 119, No. 8, pp. 636–640
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
August 1, 1983
DOI
10.1001/archderm.1983.01650320010007
ISSN
2168-6068