Quality of life in alopecia areata: A case-control study

International Journal of Trichology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-12

  De Hollanda, Taciana Rocha ^a   Sodre, Celso Tavares ^a   Brasil, Marco Antonio ^a   Ramos E Silva, Marcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; case control studies; quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905729996     PISSN: 09747753     EISSN: 09749241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.136748     Document Type: Article

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