Antibodies against hair follicles are associated with alopecia totalis in autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1054-1058

  Hedstrand, Håkan ^a   Perheentupa, Jaakko ^b   Ekwall, Olov ^a   Gustafsson, Jan ^a   Michaëlsson, Gerd ^a   Husebye, Eystein ^c   Rorsman, Fredrik ^a   Kämpe, Olle ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

APECED; Autoantibody; Precortical matrix

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALOPECIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE ADENOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033384981     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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