Serum neopterin levels in spontaneous urticaria and atopic dermatitis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-87

  Ciprandi, G ^a   De Amici, M ^b   Berardi, L ^b   Vignini, M ^b   Caimmi, S ^b   Marseglia, A ^b   Marseglia, G ^b   Fuchs, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650095384     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03914.x     Document Type: Article

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