Alopecia universalis with remission during pregnancy and prednisolone therapy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-69

  Asanuma, Nahoko ^a   Sakurai, Akihiro ^a   Aizawa, Toru ^a   Hashizume, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alopeciauniversalis; Autoimmunity; Prednisolone; Pregnancy; Remission

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0031035242     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199701000-00011     Document Type: Article

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