Anti-CD20 (rituximab) treatment for atopic eczema

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1515-1516

  Šedivá, Anna ^a   Kayserová, Jana ^a   Vernerová, Eva ^a   Poloučková, Andrea ^a   Čapková, Štěpánka ^a   Špíšek, Radek ^a   Bartůňková, Jiřina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RITUXIMAB;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW CELL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CHILL; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LETTER; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD20; DENDRITIC CELLS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLASMA CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 44649090537     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.03.007     Document Type: Letter

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