An extraordinary colocalization of alopecia areata and vitiligo

International Journal of Trichology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-109

  Ramot, Yuval ^a   Thomaidou, Elena ^b   Mali, Alexander ^a   Zlotogorski, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; autoimmunity; vitiligo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865449123     PISSN: 09747753     EISSN: 09749241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.77522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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