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Abundant immunoglobulin E-positive cells in skin lesions support an allergic etiology of atopic dermatitis in the elderly

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Atopic dermatitis (AD) in the elderly is gradually increasing in industrialized countries in association with the aging of society. We report herein four cases of elderly AD {three extrinsic [immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated allergy]; one intrinsic (non-IgE-allergy)} in which we...

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Autores principales: Tanei, R, Hasegawa, Y, Sawabe, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22702954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04612.x