Alopecia areata in Turkey: Demographic and clinical features

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 977-981

  Kavak, A ^a   Yesildal N ^a   Parlak, A H ^b   Gokdemir G ^c   Aydogan I ^a   Anul, H ^a   Baykal, C ^d  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Clinical; Demographic; Descriptive study; Family history

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 52249111169     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02699.x     Document Type: Article

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