Thyroid autoimmunity in patients with alopecia areata

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 123-125

  Kasumagić Halilović, Emina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Thyroglobulin antibody; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid peroxidase antibody

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ALOPECIA MULTILOCULARIS; ALOPECIA TOTALIS; ALOPECIA UNILOCULARIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 51949087626     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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