Open AccessAutologous serum skin test as an indicator of chronic autoimmune urticaria in a tertiary care hospital in South India
Author(s) -
Adaikalampillai Ganapathy Vikramkumar,
Sheela Kuruvila,
Satyaki Ganguly
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.146166
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , test (biology) , chronic urticaria , dermatology , immunology , paleontology , biology
Autologous serum skin test (ASST) is a simple in-vivo clinical test for the detection of basophil histamine releasing activity and to diagnose chronic autoimmune urticaria (CAU) among chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) patients. Diagnosing these patients is also important as they may need high doses of antihistamines and systemic corticosteroids during acute exacerbations.