No basophil infiltration in alopecia areata irrespective of the intensity of eosinophil infiltration

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-186

  Ono, Sachiko ^a   Otsuka, Atsushi ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a   Kabashima, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALOPECIA AREATA; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHIL INFILTRATION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; TH2 CELL; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; BASOPHILS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE;

EID: 84875058217     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1430     Document Type: Letter

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