Clinical correlations of recent developments in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-73

  Sehra, Sarita ^a   Barbé Tuana, Florencia M ^a   Holbreich, Mark ^b   Mousdicas, Nico ^c   Kaplan, Mark H ^a   Travers, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Departments of Dermatology and Clinical Affairs   (United States)

^c Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic dermatitis, eczema; Eosinophils; Genetics; Immunoglobulin E; Keratinocytes; Rhinitis, T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATOPICLAIR; CEFALEXIN; CERAMIDE; CHEMOKINE; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; EPICERAM; FOOD ALLERGEN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID; MIMYX; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMALIZUMAB; PALMITIC ACID; PIMECROLIMUS; RANTES; RETAPAMULIN; TACROLIMUS; TRICERAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EFFECTOR CELL; EOSINOPHIL; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; YEAST;

EID: 53549085416     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962008000100009     Document Type: Review

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