Cataracts occur in patients with atopic dermatitis when the serum IgE increases

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 389-392

  Sasabe, Tetsuo ^a   Suwa, Yuzo ^b   Kawamura, Toshihiko ^b   Aoki, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Cataract; Complication; Serum IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATARACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031009271     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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