The aim of this guidance is to provide recommendations to clinicians and other interested
parties on chronic urticaria in children. The Italian Society for Pediatrics (SIP), the Italian …

Urticaria affects nearly 25% of the population at some time in their lives. In a subset of
children, urticaria will develop into a chronic condition that can greatly affect quality of life …

Chronic urticaria is a distressing condition with high costs. The aim of this literature review
was to assess the relative frequency of causes of chronic urticaria in childhood and to …

Urticaria is a skin condition identified by itchy red wheals that are characteristically transient,
with well-defined borders and a central pallor. 1 In up to 50% of cases, sudden swelling of …

There are substantial knowledge gaps related to diagnosis and management of pediatric
cases of chronic urticaria, and in particular chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). In this …

Most guidelines for chronic urticaria (CU) in infants and children are based on limited
pediatric evidence. Current evidence used to guide treatment in children is extrapolated …

Background Data on the prevalence and disease management of chronic urticaria (CU) and
chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in the pediatric population are scarce. This study …

The present survey represents the latest data on diagnosis and management of childhood
urticaria. It has been observed that urticaria occurs less often in children than adults, with …

By definition, acute urticaria lasts less than 6 weeks (3). It is the most common type of
urticaria in children (1, 4–6). In many cases of urticaria, no specific cause is found. Overall …

To cite this article: Church MK, Weller K, Stock P, Maurer M. Chronic spontaneous urticaria
in children: Itching for insight. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2011: 22: 1–8. Abstract While there is …