Adjunct effect of loratadine in the treatment of acute sinusitis in patients with allergic rhinitis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 650-655

  Braun, J J ^a,c   Alabert, J P ^a   Michel, F B ^a   Quiniou, M ^b   Rat, C ^a   Cougnard, J ^a   Czarlewski, W ^a   Bousquet, J ^a  

^a Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c Schering Plough   (France)

Author keywords

Loratadine; Sinusitis; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LORATADINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; SKIN TEST; SNEEZING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030816648     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb01044.x     Document Type: Article

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