Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 58-64 , June 2008

First Attack of Acute Urticaria in Pediatric Emergency Department

  • Tzu-Hsuan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yan-Ren Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Chia Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chu-Chung Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medicine, Chungshan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Jun Chang

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Han-Ping Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, Taichung, No. 66, Section 1, Fongsing Road, Tanzih Township, Taichung County 42743, Taiwan

Received 1 August 2007 ,Revised 3 January 2008 ,Accepted 25 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60014-5

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 58-64 , June 2008

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