Treatment of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria

April 2015 | Volume 14 | Issue 4 | Features | 332 | Copyright © April 2015


Nicholas A. Soter MD

The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists

Methotrexate

Mycophenolate Mofetil

Omalizumab

Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B Phototherapy

Tumor Necrosis Factor- α Inhibitors

Conclusions

Disclosure

References

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