Immune and histopathologic examination of flea bite-induced papular urticaria

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 446-452

  García, Elizabeth ^a   Halpert, Evelyne ^a   Rodríguez, Adriana ^b   Andrade, Rafael ^a,c   Fiorentino, Susana ^b   García, Carlos ^a  

^a Fundacion Santafe de Bogota   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INSECT BITE; MALE; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 3042728842     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61781-4     Document Type: Article

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