The efficacy of cetirizine hydrochloride on the pruritus of cats with atopic dermatitis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wildermuth, Kerstin ^a,b   Zabel, Sonja ^c   Rosychuk, Rod A W ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Tierdermatologie Dr Wildermuth   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE;

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CETIRIZINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 84888065583     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vde.12067     Document Type: Article

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