PROGESTERONE-INDUCED URTICARIA - NEED IT BE AUTOIMMUNE

Authors
WILKINSON SM BECK MH KINGSTON TP
Citation
Sm. Wilkinson et al., PROGESTERONE-INDUCED URTICARIA - NEED IT BE AUTOIMMUNE, British journal of dermatology, 133(5), 1995, pp. 792-794
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
133
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
792 - 794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)133:5<792:PU-NIB>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A patient with persistent urticaria related to the premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle is presented. Although systemic administration of progesterone provoked the eruption, we were unable to confirm that there was an immunological reaction to endogenous progesterone or oest rogen. Mechanisms whereby progesterone can augment subclinical types I and IV hypersensitivity reactions are discussed.