Alopecia areata associated with regression of cutaneous melanoma

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-315

  Yousefi, Marjan ^a   Payne, Joseph R ^a   Barnhill, Raymond L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEVOTHYROXINE; MINOXIDIL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; SUNBURN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MELANOMA; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644781671     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02765.x     Document Type: Article

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