Article
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...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Child
- Dermatitis, Atopic
- Female
- Genotype
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-D Antigens
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin E
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Odds Ratio
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
