Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene and alopecia areata: Strong risk factor for a severe course of disease in patients comorbid for atopic disease

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2539-2543

  Betz, Regina C ^a   Pforr, Jana ^a   Flaquer, Antonia ^a   Redler, Silke ^a   Hanneken, Sandra ^b   Eigelshoven, Sibylle ^b   Kortüm, Anne Katrin ^b   Tüting, Thomas ^a   Lambert, Julien ^c   De Weert, Jozef ^d   Hillmer, Axel M ^a   Schmael, Christine ^e   Wienker, Thomas F ^a   Kruse, Roland ^b   Lutz, Gerhard ^f   Blaumeiser, Bettina ^c   Nöthen, Markus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^f Hair and Nail   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FILAGGRIN GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA AREATA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35348869766     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700915     Document Type: Article

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