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Immune dysregulation in atopic dermatitis.
Current allergy and asthma reports - 1 Sept 2006
Ong Peck Y, Leung Donald Y M
Abstract excerpt
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes significant morbidity in affected individuals. It is characterized by dysregulated immune responses that consist of an increased systemic Th2 response and a combination of Th2 and Th1 responses in the skin lesions. In this article, we review factors that contribute to these abnormal responses, including key effector cells of the immune system,...
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