The pattern and profile of alopecia areata in Singapore - A study of 219 Asians

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 748-753

  Tan, Eileen ^a   Tay, Yong Kwang ^a   Goh, Chee Leok ^a   Giam, Yoke Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAIL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO; WELLBEING;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYCLOBUTANES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0036859489     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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