[Urticaria caused by cold. 104 cases].

Introduction: Superficial and deep cold urticaria is a heterogeneous group of manifestations induced by exposure to cold (0 to 4 degrees C). Frequency is generally estimated at 2 to 3 p. 100.

Lymphomatoid papulosis and Hodgkin's disease: report of a case.

The authors report the case of a 67-year-old-man who presented with stage IIIAa Hodgkin's disease (HD) almost 17 years after developing CD30+ type A lymphomatoid papulosis (LP). Combination chemotherapy resulted in a complete remission of the HD for 2 years, although the LP continued relentlessly as before. A possible link between HD and LP is discussed in the light of similar cases reported in the literature.

[Physical urticaria and angioedema in children].

Urticaria and physical angioedema frequency is hard to evaluate in children. In this series, we keep 53/1000. Physical urticaria is found in 36% of the cases and concerns cholinergic urticaria, urticaria to cold, idiopathic dermographism and mastocytosis, and delayed urticaria to pressure.

[The G.E.R.U. retrospective study of 400 cases of urticaria].

The authors report on a study with computerised results of 400 urticaria and/or angioedema cases, which were explored in single dermatology center (Pr. J. SAYAG) by the members of GERU.

[General review: classification of urticaria and angioedema].

The authors propose a classification of urticarias and angio-oedemas according to two criteria, physiopathological and etiological. In the first group they identify three subgroups; immunological, non-immunological and idiopathological. In the second group they classify the facts into 12 sub-groups, which are detailed.

[Chronic urticaria--an inventory proposed by the Urticaria Study and Research Group].

The Urticaria Study and Research Group (Groupe d'Etudes et de Researches de l'Urticaria, G.E.R.