Lichen planopilaris presenting as truncal alopecia: A case presentation and review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-66

  Gupta, Samir N ^a   Palceski, Dimitry ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Tri County Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; METFORMIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LICHEN; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCALP; SKIN DEFECT; TRUNK;

ALOPECIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORAX;

EID: 0141924518     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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