Respiratory
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[11]
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Prospective study
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Pulmonary function tests revealed that 22/26 of CSU patients had asthma or abnormal bronchial reactivity
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[12]
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Prospective study
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Bronchial hyperreactivity was present in 13/30 of cholinergic urticaria patients which was higher than CSU patients and healthy controls
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[13]
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Prospective study
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Dermographism patients exhibited increase in airway resistance and a decrease in specific airway conductance
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[10]
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Case report
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Authors reported two CU patients in whom urticaria onset was associated with the simultaneous appearance of asthmatic symptoms
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Gastrointestinal system
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[14]
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Prospective study
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Forty-four percent of 330 CU patients described abdominal problems mainly gastritis
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[16]
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Prospective study
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After duodenal histamine challenge, 5 of 7 CU patients showed systemic symptoms including diarrhoea and in 6 of 7 histopathological examination revealed ultrastructural changes in the duodenal tissue
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[17]
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Prospective study
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Mast cell numbers were significantly increased in the stomach and duodenum of CU patients even if they did not have GIS symptoms
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[21]
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Prospective study
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Gastroduodenal and intestinal permeability were significantly increased in patients with CU
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[22]
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Case report
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A patient with cholinergic urticaria and erythematous pangastritis, whose severe dyspeptic complaints did not resolve with proton pump inhibitors but did with omalizumab
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[23]
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Case report
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Transient hepatocellular injury including elevation of liver enzymes and hepatosplenomegaly during cholinergic urticaria attacks
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Cardiovascular system
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[39]
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Prospective study
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Hypertension is associated with extended duration of CIU
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[38]
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Retrospective study
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CIU patients had a 1.37-fold greater risk of developing hypertension than the non-CIU cohort
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[33,34,35,36,37]
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Case report
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The authors described Kounis syndrome resulting from acute urticaria, chronic urticaria, autoimmune urticaria and cold urticaria
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Central nervous system
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[42]
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Prospective study
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By using multiple-modality brain imaging tools, the authors demonstrated dysfunction of the striatum in CSU patients
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[43]
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Prospective study
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Authors demonstrated the altered cerebellar activity and cerebellum-reward-sensorimotor loops in CSU
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[40]
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Case report
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Authors described a patient with cholinergic urticaria associated with epileptic seizures and abnormalities on the encephalogram
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[41]
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Case report
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Authors reported a patient with an unusual form of migraine with urticarial lesions appearing at the end of each migraine attack
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Musculoskeletal system
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[47]
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Retrospective study
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1035 (8.7%) patients with CU were diagnosed with osteoporosis compared with 4046 (6.8%) controls. The adjusted multivariate analysis demonstrated that CU was significantly associated with a higher risk for osteoporosis (HR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.10–1.37, P < 0.001)
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[44]
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Case series
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Authors reported four cases with urticaria, angioedema, articular manifestations and HLA-B51 positivity
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[45]
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Case series
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Authors described 9 patients with angioedema, hives and arthritis which they referred as AHA syndrome
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[46]
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Case report
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Authors described a patient whose CU was associated with autoimmune thyroid disease and both CU and arthralgia responded to treatment with l-thyroxine
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