The prevalence of specific IgE antibodies to the yeasts Pityrosporum orbiculare and Candida albicans was investigated in adult patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) or with seborrhoeic dermatitis and in healthy controls by means of the radioallergosorbent test (RAST). Of 63 AD patients, 28 (44%) had
Role of IgE in atopic dermatitis
โ Scribed by Donald Y.M. Leung
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 871 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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