Serum concentrations of CCR4 ligands in relation to clinical severity of atopic dermatitis in Egyptian children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 756-762

  Mostafa, Gehan Ahmed ^a   Tomoum, Hoda Yahya ^a,b   Salem, Samar Abd Allah ^a   Abd El Aziz, Manal Mohamed ^a   Abou El Maged, Doaa Ibrahim ^a   El Sayed El Far, Ibrahim ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; CCR4 ligands; Macrophage derived chemokine; Obj SCORAD; Thymus and activation regulated chemokine

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIGAND; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL;

ADAM PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINE CCL17; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGANDS; MALE; RECEPTORS, CCR4; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 56649083654     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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