Nedocromil sodium eye drops in the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis to grass pollen;NEDOCROMIL SODICO COME TRATTAMENTO TOPICO DELLA CONGIUNTIVITE ALLERGICA DA GRAMINACEE

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 215-217

  Pacor, Maria Luisa ^a,b   Biasi, Domenico ^a   Maleknia, Telli ^a   Carletto, Antonio ^a   Lunardi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

conjunctivitis; grass pollen; nedocromil sodium

Indexed keywords

NEDOCROMIL;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEDOCROMIL; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POACEAE;

EID: 0029882530     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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