Evaluation of the profile of alopecia areata and the prevalence of thyroid function test abnormalities and serum autoantibodies in Iranian patients

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Seyrafi, Hassan ^a   Akhiani, Maryam ^a   Abbasi, Hamed ^a   Mirpour, Sahar ^a   Gholamrezanezhad, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; FAMILY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 27744471407     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-5-11     Document Type: Article

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