Generalized vitiligo and associated autoimmune diseases in Japanese patients and their families

Allergology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-508

  Narita, Tomohiko ^a   Oiso, Naoki ^a   Fukai, Kazuyoshi ^b   Kabashima, Kenji ^c   Kawada, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Tamio ^d  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Autoimmune disease; Autoimmune thyroid disease; Generalized vitiligo; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACRODERMATITIS CONTINUA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED VITILIGO; GRAVES DISEASE; HALO NEVUS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VITILIGO;

EID: 83455258002     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.11-OA-0303     Document Type: Article

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