Severe measles in a young female patient with chronic, generalized Trichophyton rubrum infection showing type 2 helper T cell-dominant immunologic reactivity

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Sato, Noriko ^a,c   Tagami, Hachiro ^b  

^a Akita Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Noriko Hifuka Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MEASLES; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0037609487     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.162     Document Type: Article

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