A case of primary Sjögren's syndrome with hypereosinophilia and elevation of serum IgE: Measurements of serum IL-4, IL-5 and the IgG subclass

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 646-651

  Azuma, Naoto ^a   Katada, Yoshinori ^a   Harada, Yoshinori ^a   Arimoto, Hiroe ^a   Kimura, Yoshimi ^a   Terada, Haruko ^a   Tsujino, Kazuyuki ^a   Kida, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Suguru ^a   Kudo, Eriko ^a   Umeshita, Mitsuko ^a   Mima, Toru ^a   Saeki, Yukihiko ^a  

^a MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypereosinophilia; IgE; IgG4; IL 5; Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944514008     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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