Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 60, Issue 3 , Pages 388-393 , March 2009

Increased history of childhood and lifetime traumatic events among adults with alopecia areata

  • Ria Willemsen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ria Willemsen, MD, Broekstraat 28 1860 Meise, Belgium.
    • ,
  • Johan Vanderlinden, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Psychiatric Center KULeuven, Campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
    • Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology, Kortenberg, Belgium
    • ,
  • Diane Roseeuw, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Patrick Haentjens, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes Research, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

,Accepted 28 September 2008.

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 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

 Presented in part at the 5th European Academy Dermatology Venereology Spring Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 22-25, 2008.

PII: S0190-9622(08)01237-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.09.049

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 60, Issue 3 , Pages 388-393 , March 2009

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