A Morphometric and Histologic Study of the Scalp in Psoriasis: Paradoxical Sebaceous Gland Atrophy and Decreased Hair Shaft Diameters Without Alopecia

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 639-642

  Headington, John T ^a   Gupta, Aditya K ^a   Goldfarb, Michael T ^a   Nickoloff, Brian J ^a   Hamilton, Ted A ^a   Ellis, Charles N ^a   Voorhees, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEBACEOUS GLAND;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSORIASIS; SCALP; SEBACEOUS GLANDS;

EID: 0024582981     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1989.01670170053007     Document Type: Article

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