Are topical corticosteroids superior to systemic histamine antagonists in treatment of allergic seasonal rhinitis?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 412-413

  Roehr, Charles C ^a   Forster, Johannes ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASTEMIZOLE; BETAMETHASONE; BUDESONIDE; CETIRIZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME P450; DEXAMETHASONE; FEXOFENADINE; FILXONASE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; LORATADINE; TERFENADINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; EPISTAXIS; HAY FEVER; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDATION; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; XEROSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 0036828633     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.5.412     Document Type: Note

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2. van Cauwenberge P, Bachert C, Passalacqua G, et al. Consensus statement on the treatment of allergic rhinitis. European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology. Allergy 2000;55:116-34.