Flare responses of atopic eczema patients analysed with true colour images

Inflammation Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 336-341

  Rukwied, R ^a   Nischik, M ^a   Forster, C ^a   Heyer, G ^a   Handwerker, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Cetirizine; Flare development; Histamine iontophoresis

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SKIN COLOR;

ADULT; CETIRIZINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IONTOPHORESIS; KINETICS; MALE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030860482     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050198     Document Type: Article

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