Up-Regulation of IL-6 mRNA in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Acute Urticaria [1]

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-243

  Fujii, Kimio ^a,b   Ohgou, Noriko ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Fujii Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute urticaria; IL 6 mRNA

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEVER; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 1842686708     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00664.x     Document Type: Letter

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