Decreased frequency of interferon-γ-producing CD4+ cells in the peripheral blood of patients with atopic dermatitis

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 112-118

  Nakagawa, S ^a   Aiba, S ^a   Tagami, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Flow cytometry; Interferon ; Interleukin 4

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031918734     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1998.tb00310.x     Document Type: Article

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