Content of vascular endothelial growth factor in stratum corneum well correlates to local severity of acute inflammation in patients with atopic dermatitis

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-258

  Amarbayasgalan, Tseveendorj ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Dekio, Itaru ^a   Morita, Eishin ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Stratum corneum; Tape stripping; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WATER CONTENT; XEROSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EDEMA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055008039     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327556     Document Type: Article

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