Review of scalp alopecia due to a clinically unapparent or minimally apparent neoplasm (SACUMAN)

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 387-392

  Scheinfeld, Noah ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Alopecia neoplastica; Breast cancer; Cicatricial alopecia; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ANGIOSARCOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOMA; MELANOCYTOSIS; METASTASIS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEOPLASM; NERVE TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SYRINGOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR CELL;

ALOPECIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CICATRIX; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; KELOID; LYMPHOMA; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749003435     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0160     Document Type: Review

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