Ann Dermatol.  2014 Aug;26(4):536-538. 10.5021/ad.2014.26.4.536.

Clinical Significance of Serum Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin Levels in Inflammatory Skin Diseases

• Kuriyama H
• Jinnin M
• Kanemaru H
• Ichihara A
• Fujisawa A
• Moriya C
• Fukushima
• Ihn H

• KMID: 2265605
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.4.536

Abstract

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MeSH Terms

Skin Diseases*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Serum soluble VE-cadherin levels in patients with various skin diseases. The serum levels of VE-cadherin determined by using ELISA are shown on the ordinate; the horizontal bars show the mean value in each group. The dotted line indicates the cutoff. VE: vascular endothelial, NS: normal subjects. AD: atopic dermatitis, Pso: psoriasis, AA: alopecia areata, AP: anaphylactoid purpura, PNc: cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, AS: angiosarcoma. *p<0.05 by using the Mann-Whitney U-test. (B) Receiver operating characteristic curve for serum VE-cadherin levels in patients with AD. AUC: areas under curves, SE: standard error, CI: confidence interval.

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