Progesterone sensitive Interferon-γ producing cells detected by ELISpot assay in autoimmune progesterone dermatitis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 439-441

  Cristaudo, A ^a   Bordignon, V ^a,b   Palamara, F ^a   De Rocco, M ^a   Pietravalle, M ^a   Picardo, M ^a  

^a St Gallicano Institute   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PROGESTERONE DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DERMATITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUTEAL PHASE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 34249667165     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02382.x     Document Type: Article

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