Development and validation of the Urticaria Control Test: a patient-reported outcome instrument for assessing urticaria control.

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Abstract

Chronic urticaria is a frequent and debilitating skin disease. Its symptoms commonly fluctuate considerably from day to day. As of yet, the only reliable tool to assess disease activity is the Urticaria Activity Score, which prospectively documents the signs and symptoms of urticaria for several days.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.

Title: The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6825

ISSN (Print): 0091-6749

Publication date (Electronic): May 2014

Volume: 133

Issue: 5

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

[2 ] Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

[3 ] Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

[4 ] Division of Allergy and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.

[5 ] Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: marcus.maurer@charite.de.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0091-6749(14)00004-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.12.1076

PubMed ID: 24522090

SO-VID: 6ce665bd-0bad-451c-8be7-d3952243479d

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Keywords: Disease control,development,disease activity,urticaria,validation

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Keywords: Disease control, development, disease activity, urticaria, validation

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