Increased serum interleukin-15 levels in bullous skin diseases: Correlation with disease intensity

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 354-356

  D'Auria, L ^a   Bonifati, C ^a   Cordiali Fei, P ^a   Leone, G ^a   Picardo, M ^a   Pietravalle, M ^a   Giacalone, B ^a   Ameglio, F ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullous pemphigoid; IL 15; Pemphigus erythematosus; Pemphigus vulgaris; Psoriasis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PEMPHIGUS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0033016082     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050421     Document Type: Article

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