Abundant immunoglobulin E-positive cells in skin lesions support an allergic etiology of atopic dermatitis in the elderly

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 952-960

  Tanei, R ^a   Hasegawa, Y ^a   Sawabe, M ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARAFFIN; PREDNISOLONE; SUPLATAST TOSYLATE; TRYPTASE;

AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMIS; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 84880514897     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04612.x     Document Type: Article

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