The evaluation of melatonin levels in chronic spontaneous urticaria: A case control study.

Although sleep disturbance is known to be common in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), sleep hormone levels in the blood have never before been studied in CSU. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the serum melatonin levels in patients with CSU. For the patient group, 80 patients with recently diagnosed CSU, and, for the control group, 75 healthy controls (HC) were included.

Calculated Globulin Is Clinically Useful as a Screening Test for Antibody Deficiency in Turkish Adult Patients.

Introduction: Heterogeneous clinical features of antibody deficiency (AD) may cause diagnostic delays. Calculated globulin (CG) (total protein minus albumin) has been proposed as a screening test to prevent morbidity due to diagnostic delays in AD. Our aim was to validate CG as a screening test for AD in Turkish adult patients by comparing its role with gamma globulin analysis in protein electrophoresis.

Common but neglected problem in chronic spontaneous urticaria: Sleep disturbance.

Association of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) with sleep disturbance has not been evaluated in studies that involve a large number of patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the sleep attitude and circadian rhythm in patients with CSU. As the patient group, recently diagnosed 100 patients with CSU, 100 patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) as the patient control group, and 100 healthy controls (HCs) were included.