Diffuse alopecia areata is associated with intense inflammatory infiltration and CD8+ T cells in hair loss regions and an increase in serum IgE level

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 709-714

  Zhao, Ying ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Caulloo, Sillani ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Zhang, Xingqi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dermatoscopy; Diffuse alopecia areata; histopathology; IgE; patchy alopecia areata

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATHOGENESIS; SCALP PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPRING; SUMMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DERMOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870171075     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.102361     Document Type: Article

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