Severe atopic dermatitis is associated with sensitization to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 551-555

  Breuer, Kristine ^a   Wittmann, M ^a   Bosche B ^a   Kapp, A ^a   Werfel, T ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Eosinophil granule proteins; Exotoxins; Specific IgE; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigens; T cells

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENTEROTOXINS; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RIBONUCLEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034109633     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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