Alopecia areata and autoimmunity

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 277-281

  Grandolfo, M ^a,b   Biscazzi, A M ^a   Pipoli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 55949121963     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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