A double blind, placebo-controlled cross over trial of cellulose powder by nasal provocation with Der p1 and Der f1

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2423-2431

  Emberlin, J C ^a   Lewis, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulose; House dust mite; Provocation test; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; NOSE SECRETION; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; POWDER; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CELLULOSE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POWDERS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 35648980055     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079907X231144     Document Type: Article

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