Vitamin D deficiency in alopecia areata

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1299-1304

  Aksu Cerman, A ^a   Sarikaya Solak, S ^a   Kivanc Altunay, I ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITILIGO; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITILIGO;

EID: 84903134686     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12980     Document Type: Article

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