Tissue eosinophilia in acute and chronic atopic dermatitis: A morphometric approach using quantitative image analysis of immunostaining

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 720-729

  Kiehl, P ^a   Falkenberg, K ^a   Vogelbruch, M ^a   Kapp, A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eosinophilia; Histopathology; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEGRANULATION; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; NEUTROPHILS; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0035175482     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04456.x     Document Type: Article

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