Is the face and neck pattern of atopic dermatitis in Japan a special variant?

American Journal of Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-11

  Tada, Joji ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroe ^a   Toi, Yoichiro ^a   Akiyama, Hisanori ^a   Arata, Jirô ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033059832     PISSN: 1046199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01634989-199903000-00003     Document Type: Article

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