%0 Journal Article %T Thyroid function and thyroid autoantibodies in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria %A Anna Sadowska-Przytocka %A Anna Szeliga %A Dorota Jenerowicz %A Katarzyna £¿£¿cka %A Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz %A Zygmunt Adamski %J Archive of "Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Post£¿py Dermatologii i Alergologii". %D 2017 %R 10.5114/ada.2017.72464 %X Chronic urticaria (CU) is a skin disease caused by autoantibodies against high affinity immunoglobulin E (IgE) receptor and against IgE. It is characterized by hives, erythematous wheals and redness present minimum twice a week for at least 6 weeks. It is observed that there is a strong association between CU and autoimmune diseases, such as autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) %K chronic urticaria %K autoimmune thyroiditis %K thyroid %K anti-thyroperoxydase antibodies %K anti-thyroglobulin antibodies %K autoimmunity %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799761/