Eosinophilic myositis with eosinophilic cellulitislike skin lesions: Association with increased serum levels of eosinophil cationic protein and interleukin-5

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-206

  Trüeb, Ralph M ^a   Lübbe, Jann ^a   Torncelli, Rocco ^a   Panizzon, Renato G ^a   Wüthrich, Brunello ^a   Burg, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN DEFECT; WELLS SYNDROME;

EID: 1842404799     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.2.203     Document Type: Article

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