The skin and the gut in psoriasis: The number of mast cells and CD3+ lymphocytes is increased in non-involved skin and correlated to the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes and mast cells in the duodenum

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 343-346

  Michaëlsson, Gerd ^a   Kraaz, Wolfgang ^a   Hagforsen, Eva ^a   Pihl Lundin, Inger ^a   Lööf, Lars ^a   Scheynius, Annika ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; DUODENUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PSORIASIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030884156     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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