Diagnostic usefulness of a peribulbar eosinophilic infiltrate in alopecia areata

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 952-956

  Yoon, Tae Young ^a   Lee, Dong Yoon ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Lee, Ji Yeoun ^a   Kim, Mi Kyeong ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR MINIATURIZATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR DISCOLORATION; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; ONSET AGE; PERIBULBAR EOSINOPHILIC INFILTRATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908244400     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: 21686084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.62     Document Type: Article

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