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Table 1 Types of urticaria and causative agents

From: Urticaria: recommendations from the Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and the Italian Society of Allergological, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology

Type of urticaria

Causative agent

Allergic

Foods, drugs, Hymenoptera stings

Spontaneous urticaria

Unknown

Inducible urticaria

Dermographism

Cold

Heat

Sunlight

Pressure

Vibration

Contact

Colinergic

Aquagenic