Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites in association with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection and natural killer (NK) cell leukaemia/lymphoma with expansion of NK cells expressing a low level of CD56 [12]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1036-1037

  Adachi, A ^a   Horikawa, T ^b   Kunisada, M ^a   Hayashi, K ^a   Ohshima, K ^c   Matsuoka, H ^d   Tokura, Y ^e  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITE; LETTER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULICIDAE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; MALE;

EID: 0036438896     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.504713.x     Document Type: Letter

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