Alopecia areata and coeliac disease: No effect of a gluten-free diet on hair growth

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 108-110

  Bardella, Maria Teresa ^a   Marino, Roberta ^b   Barbareschi, Mauro ^b   Bianchi, Fernando ^b   Faglia, Giovanni ^b   Bianchi, Paolo ^b  

^a Istituto di Scienze Dermaiologiche   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Coeliac disease; Gluten free diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HAIR GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034033616     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018340     Document Type: Article

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