Comparison of the efficacy of fexofenadine 120 and 240 mg/day on chronic idiopathic urticaria and histamine-induced skin responses in Japanese populations

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 477-480

  Tanizaki, Hideaki ^a   Nakahigashi, Kyoko ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a   Kabashima, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic idiopathic urticaria; Fexofenadine HCl; Histamine

Indexed keywords

FEXOFENADINE; HISTAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; JAPANESE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRURITUS; TERFENADINE; URTICARIA;

EID: 84887956550     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09546634.2013.789472     Document Type: Article

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