Effect of intradermal injection of methionine-enkephalin on human skin

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-26

  Nissen, Judith B ^a   Egekvist, Henrik ^a   Bjerring, Peter ^a   Kragballe, Knud ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidermal proliferation; Flare reaction; Inflammation; Neurogenic inflammation

Indexed keywords

METENKEPHALIN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CELL DIVISION; CETIRIZINE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN;

EID: 0032993713     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750011642     Document Type: Article

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