A case series of alopecia areata in children: Impact of personal and family history of stress and autoimmunity

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-359

  Kakourou, T ^a   Karachristou, K ^a   Chrousos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Children; Peakage of incidence; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33846953200     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01931.x     Document Type: Article

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