Atopic dermatitis in the elderly

Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 398-404

  Tanei, Ryoji ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Clinical feature; Diagnosis; Etiology; IgE; Management; The elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYCLOSPORIN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMALIZUMAB; STAT6 DECOY OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; SUPLATAST TOSYLATE; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIRTY NECK; ELBOW; ENVIRONMENT; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 74849110837     PISSN: 18715281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871528110908050398     Document Type: Review

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