Low B-12 levels in chronic idiopathic urticaria
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2004
Yazarlar: Emine Nihal METE GÖKMEN, Okan GÜLBAHAR, Ahmet AYDIN, Aytül Zerrin SİN, Ali KOKULUDAĞ, F SEBIK
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2004, cilt 14, ss 292-299
Özet
Recent studies suggest that autoimmune mechanisms may be involved in the etiology of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU). There is a higher prevalence of B-12 deficiency in autoimmune diseases and possibly in gastric Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The frequency of B-12 deficiency in CIU is unknown. Our objective in this study was to determine the prevalence of B-12 deficiency in patients with CIU and also its relationship to gastric H. pylori infection and serologic markers of autoimmunity in these groups.