Reappraisal of Ikeda's classification of alopecia areata: Analysis of 356 cases from Chandigarh, India

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-111

  Sharma, Vinod Kumar ^a   Muralidhar, Sivaram ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a Venereol Leprology Postgrad I ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Atopy; Childhood onset; Classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031898417     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02359.x     Document Type: Article

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