Fixed drug eruption: an immunohistochemical investigation of the acute and healing phase.

Autor: Hindsén, Monica, Christensen, Ole B., Gruic, Vinka, Löfberg, Helge
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Zdroj: British Journal of Dermatology; Mar1987, Vol. 116 Issue 3, p351-360, 10p
Abstrakt: Five patients were each challenged orally with a drug which had previously induced a fixed drug eruption. A positive reaction occurred in all the patients. Punch biopsies were taken 6–12 h, 24 h and 3 weeks after challenge. The specimens were tested with different mouse anti-human monoclonal antibodies to identify T lymphocytes and phenotypic subsets, natural killer cells, B lymphocytes, OKT-6 and HLA-DR-positive cells. T suppressor/cytotoxic cells seemed to play a major role in initiating the flare-up reaction and preserving the cutaneous memory function of the fixed drug eruption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index