Can Internet surveys help us understanding allergic disorders? – results from a large survey in urticaria in Greece

Background  Urticaria is often underdiagnosed and/or undertreated. We have conducted an Internet‐based study to record epidemiological and clinical features as well as therapeutic interventions for urticaria in a large sample of patients in Greece.

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