Alopecia areata: A long term follow-up study of 191 patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 438-441

  Tosti, Antonella ^a   Bellavista, Sara ^a   Iorizzo, Matilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; DIPHENCYPRONE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PSORALEN; SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FICUSIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33746932869     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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