Alopecia Areata: A tissue specific autoimmune disease of the hair follicle

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-69

  Gilhar, Amos ^a   Kalish, Richard S ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; C3H HeJ; CGRP; Melanocyte autoantigens; SCID mice

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LOSS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; SCID MOUSE;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 28744444550     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2005.07.001     Document Type: Review

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