Ocular alterations in alopecia areata

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 643-646

  Recupero, Santi Maria ^a,b   Abdolrahimzadeh, Solmaz ^a   De Dominicis, Marco ^a   Mollo, Roberto ^a   Carboni, Isabella ^a   Rota, Lucrezia ^a   Calvieri, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aetiopathogenetic mechanisms; Alopecia areata; Fundus alterations; Punctate lens opacities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINA DISEASE;

EID: 0032760425     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.174     Document Type: Article

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