The prevalence of atopy and atopic diseases in Behçet's disease

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4 SUPPL. 30, 2003, Pages

  Chang, Hyun Kyu ^a   Lee, Shin Seok ^b   Kim, Jong Wan ^a   Jee, Young Koo ^a   Kim, Jeong Uk ^c   Lee, Yun Woo ^d   Yoon, Bo Young ^d  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atopic diseases; Atopy; Beh et's disease

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BEHCET DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGENS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141446247     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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