Chemokine RANTES in Atopic Dermatitis

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 367-372

  Glück, Joanna ^a   Rogala, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic inflammation; Atopic dermatitis; Chemokine RANTES; IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RANTES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANTES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0033255457     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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