Hypopigmented skin lesions associated with atopic dermatitis in asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Nader Djalal, Nader ^a,c   Ansarin, Khalil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Corticosteroids; Melanocytes; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EOSINOPHIL; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIGMENT DISORDER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0029736722     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909609055364     Document Type: Article

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