Biologic therapies for the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) are potentially underutilized in veterans within the United States, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. The retrospective cohort study included more than 26,000 veterans who were a mean age of 54.9 years. Most of the participants were men (76.4%) and White (60.8%). Veterans were eligible to be evaluated if they were at least 18 years of age and had 2 or more urticaria diagnoses or 1 urticaria and 1 angioedema diagnosis at least 6 weeks prior. ...
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