Variations in serum TARC and I-TAC levels reflect minor changes in disease activity and pruritus in atopic dermatitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-332

  Kimura, Takayuki ^a   Sugaya, Makoto ^a   Suga, Hiraku ^a   Morimura, Sohshi ^a   Miyamoto, Akie ^a   Kai, Hiromichi ^a   Kagami, Shinji ^a   Yanaba, Koichi ^a   Fujita, Hideki ^a   Asano, Yoshihide ^a   Tada, Yayoi ^a   Kadono, Takafumi ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; INTERFERON GAMMA INDUCIBLE T CELL ALPHA CHEMOATTRACTANT; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CCL17 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; CXCL11 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRURITUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BLOOD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOKINE CCL17; CHEMOKINE CXCL11; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899942974     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1709     Document Type: Note

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