Antihistamines in the treatment of urticaria

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 709, Issue , 2010, Pages 67-72

  Zuberbier, Torsten ^a   Maurer, Marcus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASTEMIZOLE; CETIRIZINE; DESLORATADINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPNOTIC AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; LEVOCETIRIZINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; SEDATIVE AGENT; TERFENADINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA;

EID: 79960741491     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8056-4_7     Document Type: Article

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