Serum concentration of macrophage-derived chemokine may be a useful inflammatory marker for assessing severity of atopic dermatitis in infants and young children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-301

  Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Ma, Kwok Chiu ^a   Hon, Kam Lun ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a   Wan, Helene ^a   Li, Chung Yi ^a   Chan, Iris H S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Children; Macrophage derived chemokine; SCORAD

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHEMOKINES, CC; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0041929386     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2003.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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