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  1. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Hannover Medical University, Ricklinger Strasse 5, Hannover, 30449, Germany

    Bettina Wedi

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Allergy Allergy-centre-Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany

    Torsten Zuberbier (Prof. Dr. med.) & Marcus Maurer (Prof. Dr. med.) (Prof. Dr. med.) &  (Prof. Dr. med.)

  2. Department of Dermatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom

    Clive E. H. Grattan MA, MD, FRCP

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Wedi, B. (2010). Therapy of Urticaria. In: Zuberbier, T., Grattan, C.E.H., Maurer, M. (eds) Urticaria and Angioedema. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79048-8_15

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