Four cases of atopic dermatitis complicated by sjögren's syndrome: Link between dry skin and autoimmune anhidrosis

Allergology International

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Kitaba, Shun ^a   Matsui, Saki ^a   Iimuro, Eriko ^a   Nishioka, Megumi ^a   Kijima, Akiko ^a   Umegaki, Noriko ^a   Murota, Hiroyuki ^a   Katayama, Ichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Dry skin; Hypohidrosis; QSART; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANHIDROSIS; ANNULAR ERYTHEMA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE ANHIDROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCOID ERYTHEMA; DRY SKIN; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SUDOMOTOR AXON REFLEX TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 80052683912     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.10-CR-0265     Document Type: Article

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