Alopecia areata masquerading as frontal fibrosing alopecia

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-66

  Kwong, Rhonda A ^a,b   Kossard, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frontal alopecia; Frontal ophiasis; Lymphocytic mediated alopecia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SCALP BIOPSY; TISSUE SECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MINOXIDIL; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645006398     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2006.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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