Vitiligo and associated autoimmune disorders: A retrospective hospital-based study in Mumbai, India

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 356-361

  Poojary, S A ^a  

^a KJ Somaiya Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; VITILIGO;

EID: 83555172480     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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