Omalizumab for Difficult-to-Treat Dermatological Conditions: Clinical and Immunological Features from a Retrospective Real-Life Experience

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 159-168

  Romano, Ciro ^a   Sellitto, Ausilia ^a,b   De Fanis, Umberto ^a,c   Balestrieri, Antonella ^a   Savoia, Alfonso ^a   Abbadessa, Salvatore ^a   Astarita, Corrado ^a   Lucivero, Giacomo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b g Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^c Clinic Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMALIZUMAB; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MAST CELL; MIDDLE AGED; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMALIZUMAB; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925534716     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: 11791918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40261-015-0267-9     Document Type: Article

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