This clinical guide provides a practical and comprehensive review of all types and aspects of urticaria and angioedema important to the clinician. Its content is entirely up-to-date, taking into consideration both current guidelines and all recent literature.

Urticaria is one of the most common diseases encountered in dermatology. The fleeting nature of wheals often makes a first diagnosis by both patients and physicians seem easy. The disease itself is of a highly complex nature, with a variety of clinical manifestations ranging from pinpoint sized wheals to extensive angioedema. Further complexities include the diversity of possible eliciting and aggravating factors, the many different clinical subtypes and the therapeutic responsiveness.This second, extensively revised edition includes the indications listed in the most recent international...