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Allergy / Original Article
The burden of symptomatic patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria: a real-world study in Korea
Young-Min Ye, Young-Il Koh, Jeong-Hee Choi, Mi-Ae Kim, Jung-Won Park, Tae-Bum Kim, Young-Hee Nam, Yoon-Seok Chang, Hae-Sim Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(5):1050-1060. Published online September 1, 2022
Background/Aims: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) poses a considerable burden both on the quality of life (QoL) of individual patients and on healthcare systems. Real‑world data evaluating the disease burden of CSU are limited in this country. This study evaluated the disease burden and healthc..
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Allergy / Original Article
Anxiety, depression, and stress in Korean patients with chronic urticaria
Gil-Soon Choi, Young-Hee Nam, Chan-Sun Park, Mi-Yeong Kim, Eun-Jung Jo, Hye-Kyung Park, Hee-Kyoo Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(6):1507-1516. Published online May 27, 2020
Background/Aims: Emotional distress is thought to cause or maintain chronic urticaria (CU). We aimed to investigate the presence of anxiety, depression, and stress in Korean adult CU patients and to explore their potential impact on treatment.
Methods: We enrolled 79 CU patients and a disease contr..
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Allergy / Original Article
Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea
Jeong-Hun Seo, Jae-Woo Kwon
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(2):418-425. Published online May 11, 2018
Background/Aims: Despite the high burden and frequency of urticaria, its epidemiology is not well known. We investigated the epidemiology of various type of urticaria in Korea and changes in its annual prevalence over 5 years.
Methods: We used data from the 2010 to 2014 Health Insurance Review and ..
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Allergy / Original Article
Disease-specific impairment of the quality of life in adult patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria
Won-Sun Choi, Eun-Soo Lim, Ga-Young Ban, Ji-Hye Kim, Yoo-Seob Shin, Hae-Sim Park, Young-Min Ye
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(1):185-192. Published online June 1, 2016
Background/Aims: Chronic urticaria (CU) is a common skin disorder characterized by wheals and pruritus lasting more than 6 weeks. Due to its long duration and changeable symptoms, the quality of life (QOL) of patients with CU can be impaired substantially. We evaluated the CU-QOL, a previously valid..
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Allergy / Original Article
Clinical features of elderly chronic urticaria
Ga-Young Ban, Mi-Yea Kim, Hye-Soo Yoo, Dong-Ho Nahm, Young-Min Ye, Yoo-Seob Shin, Hae-Sim Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(6):800-806. Published online October 31, 2014
Background/Aims: Chronic urticaria (CU) is defined as itchy wheals lasting 6 weeks or more. As the aged population increases worldwide, it is essential to identify the specific features of this disease in the elderly population.
Methods: We investigated the prevalence and clinical features of CU in..
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Letter to the editor
A Case of Combined Cholinergic and Cold Urticaria
Hong-Woo Cheon, Su-Jung Han, So-Jeong Yeo, Sun-Hyo Lee, Min-Jin Kim, Shin-Hee Kim, An-Soo Jang
Korean J Intern Med. 2012;27(4):478-479. Published online November 27, 2012
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