Differential diagnosis of hair loss in children

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 399-411

  Mandt, Nathalie ^a   Vogt, Annika ^a   Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Children; Differential diagnosis; Hair loss; Hair shaft anomalies; Scarring

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; BIOTIN; CALCITRIOL; COPPER; DNA; ETRETINATE; HISTIDINE; KERATIN; PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SHAMPOO;

ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE MUTATION; HAIR; HAIR LOSS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; INFECTION; MENKES SYNDROME; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MONILETHRIX; NETHERTON DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN APLASIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHORRHEXIS; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; URINALYSIS;

ALOPECIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 3042597925     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0353.2004.04044.x     Document Type: Review

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