Japanese cedar pollen-specific interleukin-4 production develops immediately after the first exposure to pollens in infants with atopic dermatitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1032-1036

  Kimura, M ^a   Obi, M ^a   Saito, M ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; IFN ; IgE antibody; IL 4; Infants; Japanese cedar pollen; Lymphocyte proliferation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; JAPANESE CEDAR; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIVISION; CRYPTOMERIA; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; POLLEN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 3242744347     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01987.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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