Allergic contact dermatitis: Immune system involvement and distinctive clinical cases

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 374-377

  Imbesi, S ^a   Minciullo, P L ^a   Isola, S ^a   Gangemi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Regulatory T cells; Th1 cells; Th17 cells; Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; INTERLEUKIN 18; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; ZANTEDESCHIA;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; SKIN TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 83555165099     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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