Increased prevalence of Autoimmune Diseases in Children with
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Michelle Le, MD1, Lydia Zhang MD2,
Sofianne Gabrielli MSc2, Connor Prosty BSc,
MD(c)1, Laura May Miles LLM, MD(c)2,
Elena Netchiporouk, MD, MSc1, Sharon Baum,
MD3, Shoshana Greenberger, MD3, Luis
F. Ensina, MD, MSc, PhD4, Fatemeh Jafarian,
MD1, Xun Zhang, PhD5, Moshe
Ben-Shoshan, MD, MSc2
1Division of Dermatology, McGill University, Montreal,
QC, Canada
2Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical
Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre,
Montreal, QC, Canada
3Department of Dermatology, Chaim Sheba Medical
Center, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Hashomer,
Israel
4Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São
Paolo, Brazil
5Centre for Outcome Research and Evaluation, Research
Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Correspondence: Michelle Le, M.D., 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montréal,
Québec, H4A 3J1 email: michelle.le@mail.mcgill.ca
Article type: Letter
Manuscript word count: 981
References : 10
Tables : 1
Figures: None
Funding sources : None
Conflicts of interest: None declared
IRB Approval Status : Reviewed and approved by McGill University
Health Centre; approval 12-255GEN