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Elevated Circulating ICAM-1 and Eosinophil Cationic Protein in Children with Chronic Urticaria
You Sun Choi, Su A Shin, Young Dai Kim, Jae Won Oh, Ha Baik Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(9):986-991.   Published online September 15, 2004
Purpose : Chronic urticaria is characterized by recurrent, itchy, and evanescent wheals over a period of six weeks. The mechanisms of chronic urticaria in children have not been fully elucidated. However, urticaria lesions represent a dynamic inflammatory process involving a complex interplay of various inflammatory mediators, chemokines, adhesion molecules and cellular interaction. The aim of this investigation was to elucidate...