Alopecia areata in a patient receiving infliximab

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-531

  Ormaechea Pérez, Nerea ^a   López Pestaña, Arantxa ^a   Muñagorri Santos, Ana ^a   Moreno, Ane ^a   Tuneu Valls, Anna ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84880166827     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.113097     Document Type: Letter

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