Autoantibodies to hair follicles in C3H/HeJ mice with alopecia areata- like hair loss

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-333

  Tobin, Desmond J ^a,f   Sundberg, John P ^b   King Jr , Lloyd E ^c,d   Boggess, Dawnalyn ^b   Bystryn, Jean Claude ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; Immunoblotting; Immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; KERATIN;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030808547     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12335848     Document Type: Article

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