Serum IgE Levels in Various Dermatoses

Heterogeneity of serum IgE levels in atopic dermatitis

“…Since the first publication of Juhlin et al (I) that serum lgE levets are elevated in the majority of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), many investigators (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) have reported that severity of skin disease and presence of coexistent respiratory atopic disease (ARD) are the important clinical factors which stimulate IgE producton in AD. At the present time, however, there is still considerable obscurity as to what roles these two factors exactly play in elevating serum IgE levels in AD (I I, 12).…”