Usefulness of TARC in serum as treatment marker and combination treatment with loratadine and steroid ointment for atopic dermatitis

Skin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-131

  Kimura, Utako ^a   Matsuba, Shoichi ^a   Chikenji, Takako ^a   Haruna, Kunitaka ^a   Kamano, Maya ^a   Suga, Yasushi ^a   Takamori, Kenji ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Claritin; Loratadine; SCORAD; TARC

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CUTANEOUS T CELL ATTRACTING CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LORATADINE; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERUM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 72849133336     PISSN: 13471813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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