Comparison of skin barrier function and sensory nerve electric current perception threshold between IgE-high extrinsic and IgE-normal intrinsic types of atopic dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Mori, T ^a   Ishida, K ^b   Mukumoto, S ^a   Yamada, Y ^a   Imokawa, G ^c   Kabashima, K ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a   Bito, T ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Ogasawara, K ^d   Tokura, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric current perception threshold; Extrinsic atopic dermatitis; Intrinsic atopic dermatitis; Skin barrier function

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749113577     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09440.x     Document Type: Article

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