CHRONIC SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA: MARKERS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2020-07-02
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2020

E. Burygina; Y. Kozlova, Candidate of Medical Sciences; Professor N. Klimko, MD North-Western
State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg

Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) – is a disease associated with degranulation of mast cells and appearing of weals and/or angioedema during more than 6 weeks without specific trigger. Medical and social significance of CSU is connected with its wide distribution mostly among able-bodied population, significant life quality impairment and high treatment costs. Immune and pathogenetical mechanisms of CSU development can vary significantly among patients. Actual task of the modern medicine is a search for new clinical and laboratory markers of CSU which can help to determine better treatment approach, changes in disease activity and to predict treatment response.
Keywords: 
chronic spontaneous urticaria
markers
prognosis
treatment efficiency

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