Experience with cyclosporine in children with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-413

  Doshi, Devang R ^b   Weinberger, Miles M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FEXOFENADINE; HYDROXYZINE; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

EID: 68849105966     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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