title: An auto-antibody profile in alopecia totalis and diffuse alopecia.
abstract: Thirty-one patients suffering from alopecia totalis and fourteen patients with idiopathic diffuse alopecia were examined for evidence of an endocrinopathy and their sera screened for organ-specific auto-antibodies. The results were compared with matched control groups of dermatological patients and a random group of dermatological patients. There was no statistically significant difference in the groups and the results were similar to those found in the general population.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000276:immunology*; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies