Management of primary cicatricial alopecias: Options for treatment

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-22

  Harries, M J ^a   Sinclair, R D ^b   MacDonald Hull, S ^c   Whiting, D A ^d   Griffiths, C E M ^a   Paus, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^d BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Review; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; BETA CAROTENE; CETIRIZINE; CHLOROQUINE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CLOFAZIMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; DUODERM; ETRETIN; FLUOCINOLONE; FLUOCINONIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GRISEOFULVIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMIQUIMOD; MEPACRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIMECROLIMUS; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TAZAROTENE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; THALIDOMIDE; TOCOPHEROL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE; ACNE NECROTICA VARIOLIFORMIS; ALOPECIA; CENTRAL CENTRIFUGAL CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTING CELLULITIS OF THE SCALP; DRUG MEGADOSE; EROSIVE PUSTULAR DERMATOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLICULITIS DECALVANS; FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA; GRAHAM LITTLE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATOSIS FOLLICULARIS SPINULOSA; LICHEN PLANUS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; REVIEW; SCAR ALOPECIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACNEIFORM ERUPTIONS; ALOPECIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CICATRIX; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS FOLLICULARIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 45749158921     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08591.x     Document Type: Review

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