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The term chronic urticaria is used where physical urticaria has been excluded and the hives continue to appear for more than 2–3 months. The number of patients with chronic urticaria on a given day can be calculated to be about 6600 among 10 million people [11]. When a patient first visits the clinic the prognosis is partly dependent on the length of time for which the patient has had attacks of urticaria. The prognosis is best for those patients who have had it for only a short time. If the urticaria has lasted for 4 months, Champion et al. [3], found that 23 percent were free of symptoms after 12 months. In patients who have had urticaria for years, the chance of improving without treatment was much less. It is important to remember this when judging the effect of the treatment which I would now like to discuss. My own experience is based on 330 patients with chronic urticaria seen during the period 1972–1978.
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Juhlin, L. (1981). Modern Approaches to Treatment of Chronic Urticaria. In: Ring, J., Burg, G. (eds) New Trends in Allergy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67807-3_43
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