Levocetirizine Modulates Lymphocyte Activation in Patients With Allergic Rhinitis
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Levocetirizine modulates lymphocyte activation in patients with allergic rhinitis.
Levocetirizine, a second generation non-sedating antihistamine that blocks the H(1) histamine receptor, may exhibit immunoregulatory properties that augment its primary pharmacological mechanism. To investigate this possibility, 13 Kuwaiti seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) patients were treated with levocetirizine for four weeks in comparison with a 7-member placebo-treated control group, follow...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1347-8613,1347-8648
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08037fp