Tryptase concentration in skin blister fluid from patients with bullous skin conditions

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 771-773

  Brockow, Knut ^a,b   Abeck, Dietrich ^a,b   Hermann, Klaus ^b   Ring, Johannes ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Bullous pemphigoid; Mast cells; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

MARKER; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0029859058     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505295     Document Type: Article

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