Efficacy and safety of sulfasalazine in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-70

  Orden, Roy Anthony ^a   Timble, Hersha ^b   Saini, Sarbjit S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84890565843     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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