Role of cytomegalovirus replication in alopecia areata pathogenesis

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-65

  Offidani, Annamaria ^a   Amerio, Paolo ^a,c   Bernardini, Maria Luisa ^a   Feliciani, Claudio ^b   Bossi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034054149     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347540000400204     Document Type: Article

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