Serum concentration of IL-18 correlates with disease extent in young children with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 619-622

  Hon, Kam Lun Ellis ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Ma, Kwok Chiu ^a   Wong, Chun Kwok ^a   Wan, Helene ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE;

EID: 10644250719     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21600.x     Document Type: Article

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