Comorbidity profiles among patients with alopecia areata: The importance of onset age, a nationwide population-based study

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 949-956

  Chu, Szu Ying ^a   Chen, Yi Ju ^a,d   Tseng, Wei Cheng ^e   Lin, Ming Wei ^a,b   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,b   Hwang, Chian Yaw ^a   Chen, Chih Chiang ^a   Lee, Ding Dar ^a   Chang, Yun Ting ^a   Wang, Wen Jen ^a   Liu, Han Nan ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Taitung Veterans General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

alopecia areata; atopy; autoimmune disease; diabetes mellitus; epidemiology; pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; TAIWAN; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; TAIWAN; THYROID DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054100770     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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