Possible Involvement of Partial Biotinidase Deficiency in Alopecia Areata

September 1996 in “ Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology ”

S. Georgala, K. H. Schulpis, Emilia Papakonstantinou, Stamatia Kalogirou, T. Michas

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