Similar T helper Th2-like cytokine mRNA expression in vernal keratoconjunctivitis regardless of atopic constitution

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 436-441

  Montan, P G ^a   Scheynius, A ^b   Van Der Ploeg, I ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Cytokine; Gene expression; IgE; Immunopathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MAST CELL; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CYTOKINES; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STATISTICS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036238099     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2002.13375.x     Document Type: Article

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