**Chronic Inducible Urticaria Part I**

Murat Borlu, Salih Levent Cinar and Demet Kartal

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/68069

#### **Abstract**

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26 A Comprehensive Review of Urticaria and Angioedema

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Urticaria is a common mast cell‐driven disease which is characterized by red, itchy swell‐ ings. Urticaria, that persists more than 6 weeks in a repetitive manner (each lesion disap‐ pearing in <24 h), is called chronic urticaria. Chronic urticaria can be either spontaneous without the need of a trigger, or inducible in which with a known trigger the lesions can be provoked. Chronic inducible urticarias include the physical urticarias and some other forms such as cholinergic urticaria.

**Keywords:** urticaria, chronic urticaria, inducible urticaria, cholinergic urticaria, contact urticaria
