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Case of intractable ophiasis type of alopecia areata presumably improved by fexofenadine
Yumi NONOMURA,
Yumi NONOMURA
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Atsushi OTSUKA,
Atsushi OTSUKA
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Yoshiki MIYACHI,
Yoshiki MIYACHI
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Kenji KABASHIMA,
Kenji KABASHIMA
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Yumi NONOMURA,
Yumi NONOMURA
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Atsushi OTSUKA,
Atsushi OTSUKA
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Yoshiki MIYACHI,
Yoshiki MIYACHI
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Kenji KABASHIMA,
Kenji KABASHIMA
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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First published: 17 May 2012
Atsushi Otsuka, M.D., Ph.D., and Kenji Kabashima, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Email:
[email protected] (A. O.);
[email protected] (K. K.)
No abstract is available for this article.
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