The effect of the H2 antagonist cimetidine on the numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ cells in the nasal mucosa of patients with allergic rhinitis

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-95

  Yang, P C ^a   Liu, T ^a   Zhang, T Y ^a   Fan, D S ^a  

^a Shanxi Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

H2 antagonist; Nasal allergy; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CIMETIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AEROSOL; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; SECRETION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CIMETIDINE; COLORING AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 0031114283     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1997.d01-294.x     Document Type: Article

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