Autoimmune thyroid disease as a risk factor for angioedema in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria: a case-control study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: An association between chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) and autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) has been reported. However, there have not been any reports on whether ATD raises the risk of angioedema, which is a more severe clinical presentation of CIU. Thus, the aim of the pr...

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Main Authors: Ruy Felippe Brito Gonçalves Missaka, Henrique Costa Penatti, Maria Regina Cavariani Silvares, Célia Regina Nogueira, Gláucia Maria Ferreira da Silva Mazeto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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