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Physical and Cholinergic Urticaria

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Physical urticaria is defined as localized or generalized urticaria or angioedema of the skin or the mucous membranes in response to different specific physical stimuli. In cholinergic urticaria, a reflex-type, pinpoint size whealing reaction or angioedema arises in response to a rise in body core temperature. Reasons for the over-reaction of the skin to normally tolerated stimuli remain unexplained. In most cases, an associated mast-cell degranulation has been identified, in some an underlying immunoglobulin (Ig)E-dependent sensitization and, in rare cases, a genetic predisposition to the disease itself or to associated diseases, including atopy.

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  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Occupational Dermatology, Karolinska Hospital, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  3. National Institute for Working Life, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. Klinik für Hautkrankheiten, Klinikum der FSU Jena, Erfurter Straße 35, 07740, Jena, Germany

    P. Elsner

  5. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, 94143-0989, CA, San Francisco, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Henz, B.M. (2000). Physical and Cholinergic Urticaria. In: Kanerva, L., Wahlberg, J.E., Elsner, P., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07677-4_21

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