Myelitis associated with atopic disorders in Japan: A retrospective clinical study of the past 20 years

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 613-619

  Kira, Jun Ichi ^a   Horiuchi, Izumi ^a   Suzuki, Jun ^a   Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Minohara, Motozumi ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^b   Ochi, Hirofumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; IgE; Japanese; Mite

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035404344     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.613     Document Type: Article

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