The therapeutic effect and the changed serum zinc level after zinc supplementation in alopecia areata patients who had a low serum zinc level

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Park, Hoon ^a   Kim, Chul Woo ^a   Kim, Sang Seok ^a   Park, Chun Wook ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Serum zinc level; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449107466     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2009.21.2.142     Document Type: Article

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