Postgraduate medicine
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Postgraduate medicine · Aug 2015
Review Meta AnalysisPhysical urticaria: Review on classification, triggers and management with special focus on prevalence including a meta-analysis.
Physical urticaria (PU) is a subset of chronic urticaria (CU) induced by physical stimuli. To date, there is no consensus in the literature on the prevalence of PU among patients with CU. ⋯ Our results must be viewed with circumspection because of the small number of eligible articles and heterogeneity among studies. Even so, the results suggest that PU is an important subset of CU and that physicians should be aware of this important condition in order to manage patients appropriately.