Increased interleukin-7 concentrations in lesional skin and in the sera of patients with plaque-type psoriasis

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-44

  Bonifati, C ^a   Trento, E ^a   Cordiali Fei, P ^a   Carducci, M ^a   Mussi, A ^a   D'Auria, L ^a   Pimpinelli, F ^a   Fazio, M ^a   Ameglio, F ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SERUM; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0031127543     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.4313     Document Type: Article

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