Positive atopy patch test reactions to Pityrosporum orbiculare in atopic dermatitis patients

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-131

  Linder, M Tengvall ^a   Johansson, C ^a   Scheynius, A ^a   Wahlgren, C F ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin G; Lymphocyte proliferation; Seborrhoeic dermatitis; Skin biopsy specimen

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; PATCH TEST; PITYROSPORUM ORBICULARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FLORA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL MOVEMENT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033983643     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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