Linoleic acid metabolite levels and transepidermal water loss in children with atopic dermatitis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Yen, Chiung Hui ^a,b   Dai, Yang Shia ^a   Yang, Yao Hsu ^a   Wang, Li Chieh ^a   Lee, Jyh Hong ^a   Chiang, Bor Luen ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SKIN WATER LOSS;

EID: 37849039217     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60407-3     Document Type: Article

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