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Chronic Urticaria MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Chronic Urticaria
Tree Number(s)
C17.800.862.945.533
C20.543.480.904.533
C23.550.291.500.360
Unique ID
D000080223
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080223
Scope Note
Wheals (urticaria) and/or angioedema presented with daily symptoms lasting for more than 6 weeks. It may be classified into chronic spontaneous and chronic inducible urticaria depending on whether a specific trigger can be linked to the development of vascular reaction.
Entry Term(s)
Autoimmune Urticaria
Chronic Autoimmune Urticaria
Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Idiopathic Chronic Urticaria
Previous Indexing
Urticaria (1963-2019)
Public MeSH Note
2020
History Note
2020
Date Established
2020/01/01
Date of Entry
2019/07/08
Revision Date
2022/05/23
Chronic Urticaria Preferred
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Narrower
Autoimmune Urticaria Related
Chronic Autoimmune Urticaria Related
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