History of atopy or autoimmunity increases risk of alopecia areata

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 581-591

  Barahmani, Nazila ^a,b   Schabath, Matthew B ^b,c   Duvic, Madeleine ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

alopecia areata; atopy; autoimmunity; epidemiology; National Alopecia Areata Registry

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNITY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949124773     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.031     Document Type: Article

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