Emek Kocatürk from Koç Üniversitesi, Turkey, presents her Original Article published in Allergy:

Kocatürk, E., Al-Ahmad, M., Krause, K., et al. (2021), Effects of pregnancy on chronic urticaria: Results of the PREG-CU UCARE study. Allergy. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14950

Research highlights:
• During pregnancy, 51.1% of patients rated their chronic urticaria (CU) as improved, 28.9% as worse and 20.0% as unchanged; rate of angioedema decreased from 38.2% to 17.4%.
• CU exacerbations occurred most commonly in the third trimester (27.6%) or in the first trimester (22.8%).
• Of the patients whose urticaria improved during pregnancy, 50% experienced worsening after giving birth, whereas 33.6% and 16.4% reported no change.

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