A histologic review of 27 patients with lichen planopilaris

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Tandon, Yasmeen K ^a   Somani, Najwa ^b   Cevasco, Nathaniel C ^b   Bergfeld, Wilma F ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; BIOPSY; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 45149083154     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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