Eosinophile Zellulitis (Wells-Syndrom)
✍ Scribed by Sabine Gisela Plötz; Dietrich Abeck; Heidrun Behrendt; Hans-Uwe Simon; Johannes Ring
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 483 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0017-8470
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Wells' syndrome (WS) (eosinophilic cellulitis) is characterized by the presence of oedematous skin lesions associated with eosinophilia of the tissues. It has recently been observed that in patients with this disease, increased eosinophil cation protein (ECP) and interleukin (IL) -5 can be detected