The Changing Landscape of Alopecia Areata: The Therapeutic Paradigm

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1594-1609

  Renert Yuval, Yael ^a   Guttman Yassky, Emma ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatacept; Alopecia areata; Baricitinib; Dupilumab; JAK inhibitors; PDE4; Ruxolitinib; Tofacitinib; Tralokinumab; Ustekinumab

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DUPILUMAB; INTERLEUKIN 23; JANUS KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV INHIBITOR; TRALOKINUMAB; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALOPECIA AREATA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMALS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS;

EID: 85021214828     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: 18658652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-017-0542-7     Document Type: Review

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