Idiopathic CD4+ T-cell lymphocytopenia associated with vitiligo

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 779-782

  Yamauchi, Paul S ^a   Nguyen, Nathalie Q ^a   Grimes, Pearl E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0036587415     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.119672     Document Type: Article

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