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Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2017, Article ID 4123694, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4123694
Review Article

Mediators of Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Are They Potential Biomarkers of the Disease?

Ilaria Puxeddu,1 Federico Pratesi,1 Domenico Ribatti,2 and Paola Migliorini1

1Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
2Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Medical School and National Cancer Institute “Giovanni Paolo II”, Bari, Italy

Correspondence should be addressed to Ilaria Puxeddu; ti.oohay@pirali

Received 19 May 2017; Accepted 7 August 2017; Published 5 September 2017

Academic Editor: Anna Balato

Copyright © 2017 Ilaria Puxeddu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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