Patients with psoriasis have elevated levels of serum eosinophil cationic protein and increased numbers of EG2 positive eosinophils in the duodenal stroma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-378

  Michaelsson G ^a   Kraaz, W ^a   Gerden B ^a   Hagforsen, E ^a   Lundin, I P ^a   Loof L ^a   Sjoberg O ^a   Scheynius, A ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM MUCOSA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0029817572     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb01498.x     Document Type: Article

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