Acute diffuse and total alopecia of the female scalp. A new subtype of diffuse alopecia areata that has a favorable prognosis

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-373

  Sato Kawamura, Maki ^a   Aiba, Setsuya ^a   Tagami, Hachiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCALP; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036435812     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066435     Document Type: Article

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