Dehydroepiandrosterone may be one of the regulators of cytokine production in atopic dermatitis

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 289, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 410-414

  Tabata, Nobuko ^a   Tagami, Hachiro ^a   Terui, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 5; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PRASTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE;

EID: 0030822714     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050213     Document Type: Article

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