Interleukin-18 levels in the plasma of psoriatic patients correlate with the extent of skin lesions and the PASI score

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 262-265

  Pietrzak, Aldona ^a   Lecewicz Torun, Barbara ^a   Chodorowska, Grazyna ^a   Rolinski, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood lymphocytes; Cytokines; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PASI SCORE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0042170109     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310016508     Document Type: Article

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