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Urticaria and Angioedema in Skin of Color

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Urticaria and angioedema are common multifactorial skin reactions. They occur worldwide with all age groups and classes of the population affected. The lifetime prevalence rate for all types of urticaria in Europe was found 8.8%; for chronic urticaria it has been estimated 1.8%, with a predominance of females [1, 2]. Exact data in skin of color are lacking. In Americans with Asian ancestry or Pacific Islanders, urticaria is among the five top dermatological diagnoses [3]. In elderly African-Americans, self-reported urticaria was noted in 4.9% [4]. A nationwide study from China analyzing chronic urticaria (n = 2710) showed that the most frequent was the idiopathic subtype (68.1%), followed by physical urticaria (29.3%). Females were more commonly affected than males [5].

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Teaching Hospital of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Uwe Wollina

  2. Nirvana Skin Clinic, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

    Shyam B. Verma MBBS, DVD, FAAD, FRCP

  3. Department of Dermatology, Kims Alshifa Hospital, Malappuram, Kerala, India

    Karalikkattil T. Ashique M.B.B.S., D.D.V.L.

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Wollina, U., Verma, S.B., Ashique, K.T. (2018). Urticaria and Angioedema in Skin of Color. In: Orfanos, C., Zouboulis, C., Assaf, C. (eds) Pigmented Ethnic Skin and Imported Dermatoses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69422-1_24

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