Increased serum soluble Fas, tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin 6 concentrations in generalized pustular psoriasis [8]

Dermatology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-372

  Seishima, Mariko ^a   Seishima, M ^a   Takemura, M ^a   Saito, K ^a   Kitajima, Y ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; REMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031967308     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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