Vegetarian diet ameliorates symptoms of atopic dermatitis through reduction of the number of peripheral eosinophils and of PGE2 synthesis by monocytes

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 353-361

  Tanaka, Toshio ^a   Kouda, Katsuyasu ^b   Kotani, Mayumi ^b   Takeuchi, Akira ^b   Tabei, Toshio ^b   Masamoto, Yukimitsu ^b   Nakamura, Harunobu ^b   Takigawa, Masahiro ^b   Suemura, Masaki ^b   Takeuchi, Hiroichi ^b   Kouda, Mitsuo ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eosinophil; PGE2; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DINOPROSTONE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MONOCYTES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18044401183     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.20.353     Document Type: Article

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