Incidence and prevalence of alopecia areata according to subtype: a nationwide, population-based study in South Korea (2006-2015)

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Seoul St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-701, Korea.
³ Department of Business Management, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 271 Chunbo Street, Uijeongbu, 07345, Korea.

J H Lee et al. Br J Dermatol. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;181(5):1092-1093.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.18145. Epub 2019 Aug 6.

¹ Department of Dermatology, Seoul St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-701, Korea.
³ Department of Business Management, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 271 Chunbo Street, Uijeongbu, 07345, Korea.

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