Pollen aeroallergen sensitizaton in children with seasonal allergic rhinitis

Allergy and Clinical Immunology International

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 184-191

  Beana Cagnani, Carlos E ^a   Finn, Albert ^b   Potter, Peter ^c   Meltzer, Eli O ^d   Wahn, Urich ^e   Emeryk, Andrzej ^f   Hardy, Pierre ^g   Ruuth, Erik ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b National Allergy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ALLERGY AND ASTHMA MEDICAL GROUP AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Charit Medical University   (Germany)

^f University of Medicine at Lublin   (Poland)

^g SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Fexofenadine; Grasses; Pediatrics; Seasonal allergic rhinitis

Indexed keywords

FEXOFENADINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; GRASS; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRICK TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASON; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREE;

EID: 33750969353     PISSN: 08381925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0838-1925.18.5.184     Document Type: Article

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