URTICARIA

1. Urticaria: Historical Aspects
Nitin Nadkarni
2. Classification of Urticaria
Torsten Zuberbier
3. Immunology and Etiopathogenesis
Murlidhar Rajagopalan
4. Diagnosis of
Nicole Schoepke, Georgios Doumoulakis, Marcus Maurer
5. Acute Urticaria
Mukesh Girdhar
6. Contact Urticaria
Sanjay Ghosh
7. Physical Urticaria
Krupa Shankar DS, Swati Mogra
8. Angioedema
Clive EH Grattan
9. Urticaria and Papular Urticaria in Pediatric Age Group
Sandipan Dhar
10. Cutaneous Mastocytosis
Vijay Zawar
11. Urticarial Vasculitis
Krupa Shankar DS, Anoosha P
12. Chronic Urticaria
Sanjiv Kandhari, Rajat Kandhari
13. Pharmacology of Antihistamines
Martin K Church, Diana S Church
14. Updosing of Nonsedating Antihistamines in Recalcitrant Chronic Urticaria
Manjyot Gautam, Prachi Bhattar
15. Treatment of Chronic Urticaria
Kiran V Godse, Aayushi Bagadia, Aditya Mahajan
16. Autologous Serum Skin Test
Kiran V Godse
17. Urticaria Meter
Kiran V Godse
18. Autoserum Therapy in Chronic Urticaria
Kiran V Godse
19. Urticaria Control Test: A Qualitative Analysis for Urticaria Control
Kiran V Godse, Sapna Raj Varma
20. Fric Test
Parag Chaudhari, Aayushi Mehta
21. Omalizumab
Shweta Agarwal, Aayushi Mehta
Index

Urticaria, commonly known as ‘hives’, is a skin rash which can have allergic and non-allergic causes. This book is a concise guide to different forms of the condition, from definition, classification and epidemiology, to pathogenesis, investigation and prognosis.
The book is comprised of 21 chapters, beginning with history, classification, immunology and diagnosis of urticaria. Subsequent chapters cover various associated conditions, pharmacology of antihistamines, treatment, and different types of urticaria test.
The chapter on urticaria vasculitis describes factors which differentiate it from Lupus and ordinary urticaria. Autoserum therapy, tests which determine the severity of urticaria, and the symptoms of dermatographism are also described in detail. A separate chapter provides information on acute urticaria and urticaria in children caused by biting insects.
With full colour images and illustrations throughout, Urticaria is an essential guide to the identification and treatment of this condition for dermatologists.

Key points
• Concise guide to identification and treatment of different forms of urticaria
• Separate chapter on acute urticaria and urticaria in children caused by biting insects
• Full colour images and illustrations throughout

Author information
Kiran V Godse MD DVD FAADV FRCP (Glasg.). Professor of Dermatology, DY Patil School of Medicine, Navi Mumbai, India