Th2 cell fluctuation in association with reciprocal occurrence of bullous pemphigoid and psoriasis vulgaris [25]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 569-570

  Sugita, K ^a   Kabashima, K ^a   Nishio, D ^a   Hashimoto, T ^b   Tokura, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; METHOXSALEN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUVA; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 33947361044     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01966.x     Document Type: Letter

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