Recalcitrant warts, associated with natural killer cell dysfunction, treated with systemic IFN-α

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 526-528

  Cac, Natalie N ^a   Ballas, Zuhair K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENCYPRONE; FLUOROURACIL; FORMALDEHYDE; IMIQUIMOD; INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MIDDLE AGED; WARTS;

EID: 33746671194     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.04.023     Document Type: Letter

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