Cetirizine: An effective agent in Kimura's disease

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-118

  Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^a   Amir, Gail ^a   Shalit, Meir ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CETIRIZINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIMURA DISEASE; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRURITUS; REMISSION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA; CETIRIZINE; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS;

EID: 13444292838     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20908     Document Type: Article

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