Cyclosporine treatment decreases the percentage of cutaneous lymphocyte antigen (CLA)+CD4+ T cells in children with severe atopic dermatitis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1129-1130

  Lee, S Y ^b   Shim, J Y ^b   Kim, J H ^b   Kim, B S ^b   Seo, H J ^b   Choi, S O ^b   Jang, S O ^b   Hong, S J ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; CLA+ T cell; Cyclosporine

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CUTANEOUS LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; THYMOPENTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECTOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MEMORY CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 4644238018     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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