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HLA and atopic dermatitis with high serum IgE levels.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Sept 1994
Saeki H, Kuwata S, Nakagawa H, Etoh T, Yanagisawa M, Miyamoto M, Tokunaga K, Juji T, Shibata Y
Abstract excerpt
Patients with atopic dermatitis usually exhibit allergen-specific IgE antibodies against several environmental antigens. HLA restriction is presumed to be involved in the recognition of such antigens, but several previous reports have so far failed to find a significant association between atopic dermatitis and HLA antigens. In this study we examined 38 unrelated Japanese patients with severe atopic dermatitis...
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