Alopecia areata-like hair loss in C3H/HeJ mice and DEBR rats can be reversed using topical diphencyprone

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-

  Shapiro, Jerry ^a   Sundberg, John P ^b   Bissonnette, Robert ^a   McElwee, Kevin J ^b   McLean, David I ^a   Carroll, Joseph M ^d   Oliver, Roy F ^c   Tang, Liren ^a   Lui, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Genetics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Animal models; Topical immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

DIPHENCYPRONE;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033369432     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jidsp.5640219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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