An intranasal glucocorticoid inhibits the increase of specific IgE initiated during birch pollen season

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 601-605

  Pullerits, Teet ^a,c   Praks, Lea ^b   Sjöstrand, Margareta ^a   Rak, Sabina ^a   Skoogh, Bengt Eric ^a   Lötvall, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c Lung Pharmacology Group   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Anti birch IgE; Intranasal glucocorticoids

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SEASON; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREE;

EID: 0030724664     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70162-3     Document Type: Article

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