Diseases

Urticaria

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.

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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.

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  • Hives
  • Urticarial Wheals
  • Urticarial Wheal
  • Urticarias
  • Wheal, Urticarial
  • Wheals, Urticarial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C17.800w.862.945w
  2. C20w.543w.480w.904w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Urticaria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014581. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014581
  2. Urticaria. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hives
  3. Urticaria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187440