Clinical and Histopathological Features of Itch in Patients with Alopecia Areata

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-576

  Yamakoshi, Takako ^a   Andoh, Tsugunobu ^a   Makino, Teruhiko ^a   Kuraishi, Yasushi ^a   Shimizu, Tadamichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; LEUKOTRIENE B4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARACHIDONATE 5-LIPOXYGENASE; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; SCALP; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883479233     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1613     Document Type: Note

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