Levocetirizine for treatment of immediate and delayed mosquito bite reactions

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-331

  Karppinen, Ari ^a   Brummer Korvenkontio, Henrikki ^b   Petman, Leena ^c   Kautiainen, Hannu ^d   Hervé, Jean Pierre ^e   Reunala, Timo ^a,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Laboratoire de Lutte Contre Les Insectes Nuisibles   (France)

Author keywords

Antihistamine; Delayed bite lesion; Levocetirizine; Mosquito allergy; Pruritus; Wheal

Indexed keywords

LEVOCETIRIZINE;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITE; MALE; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; CETIRIZINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PRURITUS;

EID: 33746559723     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0085     Document Type: Article

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