Dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate in atopic allergy and chronic urticaria

Inflammation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-145

  Kasperska Zajac, Alicja ^a   Brzoza, Zenon ^a   Rogala, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic inflammation; Chronic urticaria; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STANOZOLOL;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC URTICARIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHILIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RHINITIS; SHORT SURVEY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; URTICARIA;

EID: 43349104439     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-008-9059-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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