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mg of danazoldaily for up to 3 monthsexperiencedsymptomaticimprovementof the urticariaandthat two subjects becamesymptomfree. The authorsalsonoteda significant Dr. L. Blair Thrushand I published“The Treatmentof activity and a Glucocorticosteroid-dependent ChronicU&aria with Stan- increasein the serumCl esterase-inhibitor ozolol” in THEJOURNAL OFALLERGYANDIMMUNOLOGY, significantdecreasein the seruma,-macroglobinlevel. Weapologizeto Drs. Ceuppens,Stevens,andRijon for 1988;82:265-9.At the time of that publication, we were unawareof any other article in which urticariawastreated failing to cite their article in our publication. with oneof the 17-cw-alkylated steroids.I haverecentlybeen Eric P. Brestel, MD madeawareof an article by Drs. Ceuppens,Stevens,and Department of Medicine-School of Medicine Rijon titled “Danazol in ChronicUrticaria,” publishedin East Carolina University Alergie et Immunologic, 1985;17:46.In their article, the Greenville, NC 27858-4354 authorsnotedthat sevenof eight patientstreatedwith 600 To the Editor:
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