Evaluation of quality of life (QOL) and efficacy of drug therapy on nasal symptoms and QOL disturbances in the patients with Japanese Cedar Pollinosis during the season of 2003 in Kyushu and Okinawa districts

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1131-1143

  Ishikawa, Takeru ^a   Soh, Nobuo ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Soh Otorhinolaryngol Clin Fukuoka   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effect of medication; Japanese Cedar Pollinosis; JRQLQ; Pre seasonal medication; QOL

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; TREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CHILD; CRYPTOMERIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS;

EID: 10944238459     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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