Iron deficiency and diffuse nonscarring scalp alopecia in women: More pieces to the puzzle

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1070-1076

  St Pierre, Stephanie A ^a   Vercellotti, Gregory M ^a   Donovan, Jeff C ^b   Hordinsky, Maria K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female pattern alopecia; Genes; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 20; DECORIN; FERRIC GLUCONATE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; LYSINE; MATRIPTASE;

ALOPECIA; APOPTOSIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BALANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; SCALP; SCAR FORMATION; STOMACH BYPASS;

ALOPECIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; SCALP;

EID: 78650284066     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.05.054     Document Type: Review

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