Odontogenic focal infection could be partly involved in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis as exacerbating factor

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-379

  Igawa, Ken ^a,b   Nishioka, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Yokozeki, Hiroo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY MINATO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD30 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34247153556     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03101.x     Document Type: Article

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