Skin-associated lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with atopic dermatitis: Signs of subset expansion and stimulation

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 901-906

  Dworzak, Michael N ^a,c   Fröschl, Gertraud ^a   Printz, Dieter ^a   Fleischer, Christine ^a   Pötschger, Ulrike ^a   Fritsch, Gerhard ^a   Gadner, Helmut ^a   Emminger, Waltraud ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

^b Allergie Ambulatorium Rennweg Vienna   (Austria)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Cutaneous lymphocyte associated antigen; Peripheral blood; Skin association; T cell

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; INTEGRINS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033023095     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70436-7     Document Type: Article

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