Basophils and skin disorders

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1202-1210

  Borriello, Francesco ^a   Granata, Francescopaolo ^a   Marone, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASOPHIL; BEDBUG BITE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CYTOLOGY; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; CELL INFILTRATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84900836705     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.16     Document Type: Review

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