Oral administration of cyclosporin A in patients with severe alopecia areata

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 107-110

  Rallis, E ^a,e   Nasiopoulou, A ^a   Kouskoukis, C ^b   Roussaki Schulze, A ^c   Koumantaki, E ^d   Karpouzis, A ^b   Arvanitis, A ^a  

^a Veterans Administration Hospital NIMTS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MALE; SIDE EFFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CLINICAL TRIALS; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444479548     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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