Alopecia universalis associated with impaired interleukin-4 production and low serum IgE level

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Tokura, Yoshiki ^a   Sugita, Kazunari ^a   Kabashima, Kenji ^a   Ito, Taisuke ^b   Yagi, Hiroaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; KETOTIFEN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34447265768     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.12.032     Document Type: Article

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