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Clinical Measures of Chronic Urticaria
Karsten Weller1, Frank Siebenhaar1, Tomasz Hawro1
1Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The use of standardized, valid, and reliable clinical measures is an important element in modern patient management, particularly in diseases that are not objectively assessable and are associated with a high disease burden. Chronic urticaria is such a disorder for which several new and well-developed clinical measures became available. These measures comprise tools to assess disease activity, disease control, and health-related quality-of-life impairment. This review provides an overview of the currently available clinical measures for chronic urticaria. In addition, it provides information on their strengths and limitations and how to best use them and evaluate their results.

