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Rationale for the topical use of a combination of diphenhydramine hydrochloride and lidocaine hydrochloride in the symptomatic treatment of histamine-dependent allergic and inflammatory skin reactions, accompanied by pruritus

Zbigniew Doniec
1, 2
,
Małgorzata Sielska
3
,
Tomasz Wróbel
3
,
Roman J. Nowicki
4

  1. National Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Rabka Branch, Rabka, Poland
  2. Medical Institute, Academy of Applied Science, Nowy Targ, Poland
  3. Research and Development Centre Novasome Sp. z o.o., Wroclaw, Poland
  4. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Adv Dermatol Allergol
Online publish date: 2024/06/30
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