Alopecia areata: Autoimmunity - The evidence is compelling

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-167

  Kalish, Richard S ^a   Gilhar, Amos ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Human; SCID; Skin; T lymphocites

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAIR LOSS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INJECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCALP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0141818308     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1087-0024.2003.00802.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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