Combination therapy with oral PUVA and corticosteroid for recalcitrant alopecia areata

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 373-380

  Ito, Taisuke ^a   Aoshima, Masahiro ^a   Ito, Natsuho ^a   Uchiyama, Izumi ^a   Sakamoto, Keiko ^a   Kawamura, Tetsuya ^a   Yagi, Hiroaki ^a   Hashizume, Hideo ^a   Takigawa, Masahiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; CD8; Corticosteroid; PUVA; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOXSALEN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; SQUARIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ALOPECIA TOTALIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; VOMITING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIGENS, CD4; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SEPARATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 67651163451     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-009-0936-8     Document Type: Article

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