Is alopecia areata an autoimmune disease?

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9297, 2001, Pages 1922-1924

  Randall, Valerie Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P; VIRUS DNA;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0035830294     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06943-4     Document Type: Note

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