Ketotifen induced inhibition of histamine release in a non-IgE model of middle ear effusion

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-48

  Berger, Gilead ^a,b   Berger, Rachel ^a   Goldberg, Arnon ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Histamine; Ketotifen; Mast cells; Middle ear effusion; Pars flaccida

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KETOTIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EARDRUM; EDEMA; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FLUOROMETRY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DEGRANULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; KETOTIFEN; MALE; MAST CELLS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33645304879     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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