Effect of cetirizine on the inflammatory cells in mosquito bites

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 703-709

  Karppinen, A ^a   Rantala, I ^c   Vaalasti, A ^a   Palosuo, T ^a   Reunala, T ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b University Hospital of Tampere ^*

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquitoes; Cetirizine treatment; Delayed bite reactions; Eosinophils; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CETIRIZINE;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MOSQUITO; NEUTROPHIL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CETIRIZINE; CULICIDAE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029975259     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00597.x     Document Type: Article

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