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Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria

Levocetirizine is the pharmacologically active enantiomer of cetirizine. It is a potent histamine H-1 receptor antagonist with anti-inflammatory and antiallergic properties. The review analyses the levocetirizine’s properties in terms of safety and efficacy both in allergic rhinitis and urticarioid...

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Autores principales: Nettis, E, Calogiuri, G F, Di Leo, E, Cardinale, F, Macchia, L, Ferrannini, A, Vacca, A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21437140
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author Nettis, E
Calogiuri, G F
Di Leo, E
Cardinale, F
Macchia, L
Ferrannini, A
Vacca, A
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description Levocetirizine is the pharmacologically active enantiomer of cetirizine. It is a potent histamine H-1 receptor antagonist with anti-inflammatory and antiallergic properties. The review analyses the levocetirizine’s properties in terms of safety and efficacy both in allergic rhinitis and urticarioid syndromes.
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spelling pubmed-30486032011-03-23 Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria Nettis, E Calogiuri, G F Di Leo, E Cardinale, F Macchia, L Ferrannini, A Vacca, A J Asthma Allergy Review Levocetirizine is the pharmacologically active enantiomer of cetirizine. It is a potent histamine H-1 receptor antagonist with anti-inflammatory and antiallergic properties. The review analyses the levocetirizine’s properties in terms of safety and efficacy both in allergic rhinitis and urticarioid syndromes. Dove Medical Press 2008-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3048603/ /pubmed/21437140 Text en © 2009 Nettis et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Review
Nettis, E
Calogiuri, G F
Di Leo, E
Cardinale, F
Macchia, L
Ferrannini, A
Vacca, A
Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria
title Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria
title_full Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria
title_fullStr Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria
title_full_unstemmed Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria
title_short Once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria
title_sort once daily levocetirizine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21437140
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