Alopecia areata is a T-lymphocyte mediated autoimmune disease: Lesional human T-lymphocytes transfer alopecia areata to human skin grafts on SCID mice

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-210

  Gilhar, Amos ^a   Shalaginov, Raya ^a   Assy, Bedia ^a   Serafimovich, Sima ^a   Kalish, Richard S ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; CD4+; CD8+; Hair follicles; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN GRAFT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0033379214     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jidsp.5640212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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