Treatment of refractory cases of atopic dermatitis with acidic hot- spring bathing

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 452-454

  Kubota, Kazuo ^a   Machida, Izumi ^a   Tamura, Kousei ^a   Take, Hitoshi ^a   Kurabayashi, Hitoshi ^a   Akiba, Toru ^a   Tamura, Jun'ichi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Serum LDH; Skin surface pH; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BALNEOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SURFACE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOM; THERMAL SPRING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALNEOLOGY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL WATERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030736788     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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