Chlorpheniramine is no more effective than placebo in relieving the symptoms of childhood atopic dermatitis with a nocturnal itching and scratching component

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-45

  Munday, James ^e,g   Bloomfield, R ^f   Goldman, M ^e   Robey, H ^e   Kitowska, G J ^a   Gwiezdziski, Z ^b   Wankiewicz, A ^b   Marks, R ^c   Protas Drozd, F ^c   Mikaszewska, M ^d  

^a District Dermatology Clinic   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CJM Medical Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e Pharmax Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f ASRU Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antihistamine; Atopic dermatitis; Chlorpheniramine; Itching, nocturnal; Scratching, nocturnal

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENIRAMINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCRATCHING; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANTIPRURITICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; PRURITUS; SKIN;

EID: 0036973354     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063138     Document Type: Article

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