Alopecia areata in children

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 587-590

  Ahmed, Ijaz ^a   Nasreen, Sarwat ^a   Bhatti, Rabnawaz ^b  

^a ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Alopecia totalis; Alopecia universalis; Atopy; Autoimmune diseases; Ophiasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049132014     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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