Cetirizine: A New Therapeutic Alternative for Chronic Urticaria

Cutis

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-98

  Tharp, Michael D ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CETIRIZINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030185639     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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