Chronic idiopathic urticaria treatment

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 129-132

  Negro Alvarez J Ma ^a,b   Miralles Lopez J C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b Residencial La Paloma   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antileukotrienes; Cetirizine; Cimetidine; Desloratadine; Doxepin; Ebastine; Fexofenadine; Hidroxyzine; Idiopatic chronic urticaria; Loratadine; Mizolastine; Ranitidine; Second generation antihistamines

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; CIMETIDINE; DESLORATADINE; DOXEPIN; EBASTINE; EPHEDRINE; FEXOFENADINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LORATADINE; MIZOLASTINE; RANITIDINE;

CHRONIC URTICARIA; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MIXTURE; EDEMA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0343772977     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0546(01)79045-3     Document Type: Article

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