Contact urticaria and its mechanisms

Food Chem Toxicol. 1994 Feb;32(2):103-12. doi: 10.1016/0278-6915(94)90170-8.

Abstract

This paper reviews the syndrome of contact urticaria in terms of current knowledge regarding pathophysiological mechanisms. The three mechanistic categories into which contact urticants are grouped include: (1) immunological contact urticaria, (2) non-immunological contact urticaria and (3) uncertain-mechanism-mediated contact urticaria. Within this schema, the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and therapy of contact urticaria are presented.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Dermatitis, Contact / etiology*
  • Dermatitis, Occupational / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed / etiology
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate / etiology
  • Urticaria / etiology*