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Chronic urticaria in most patients is poorly controlled

Results of the development, validation, and real life application of the arabic urticaria control test

Carla Irani, Souheil Hallit, Karsten Weller, Marcus Maurer, Carla El Haber and Pascale Salameh
Saudi Medical Journal December 2017, 38 (12) 1230-1236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.12.21206
Carla Irani
From the Hotel-Dieu de France (Irani, El Haber), Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), St Joseph University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Research Department (Hallit), Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, from the Faculty of Medicine (Hallit), Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine (Irani), University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta, Canada, and from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy (Weller, Maurer), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Allergie-Centrum Charité, Charite, Berlin
MD, FAAAAI
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Souheil Hallit
From the Hotel-Dieu de France (Irani, El Haber), Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), St Joseph University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Research Department (Hallit), Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, from the Faculty of Medicine (Hallit), Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine (Irani), University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta, Canada, and from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy (Weller, Maurer), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Allergie-Centrum Charité, Charite, Berlin
MSc, MPH
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Karsten Weller
From the Hotel-Dieu de France (Irani, El Haber), Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), St Joseph University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Research Department (Hallit), Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, from the Faculty of Medicine (Hallit), Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine (Irani), University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta, Canada, and from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy (Weller, Maurer), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Allergie-Centrum Charité, Charite, Berlin
MD, PhD
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Marcus Maurer
From the Hotel-Dieu de France (Irani, El Haber), Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), St Joseph University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Research Department (Hallit), Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, from the Faculty of Medicine (Hallit), Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine (Irani), University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta, Canada, and from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy (Weller, Maurer), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Allergie-Centrum Charité, Charite, Berlin
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Carla El Haber
From the Hotel-Dieu de France (Irani, El Haber), Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), St Joseph University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Research Department (Hallit), Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, from the Faculty of Medicine (Hallit), Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine (Irani), University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta, Canada, and from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy (Weller, Maurer), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Allergie-Centrum Charité, Charite, Berlin
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Pascale Salameh
From the Hotel-Dieu de France (Irani, El Haber), Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), St Joseph University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Hallit), Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Research Department (Hallit), Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, from the Faculty of Medicine (Hallit), Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, from the Division of Pulmonary Medicine (Irani), University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta, Canada, and from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy (Weller, Maurer), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Allergie-Centrum Charité, Charite, Berlin
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