Circulating immunoglobulins, leucocytes and complements in childhood-onset atopic eczema

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-131

  Hon, Kam Lun ^a   Wang, Susan Shuxin ^a   Pong, Nga Hin Henry ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Atopic March; CDLQI; Complements; Immunoglobulins; Leukocytes; SCORAD

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDREN DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOTTINGHAM ECZEMA SEVERITY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORAD SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877080249     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0810-0     Document Type: Article

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