Endothelin-1 levels are increased in sera and lesional skin extracts of psoriatic patients and correlate with disease severity

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-26

  Bonifati, Claudio ^a   Mussi, Anna ^a   Carducci, Massimo ^a   Pittarello, Antonio ^a   D'Auria, Luciano ^a   Venuti, Aldo ^b   Bagnato, Anna ^b   Salani, Debora ^b   Fazio, Marcello ^a   Ameglio, Franco ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

IL 8; mRNA; PASI score

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 6844252245     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015559850135779     Document Type: Article

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