The surgical treatment of cicatricial alopecia

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-311

  Unger, Walter ^a,b   Unger, Robin ^b   Wesley, Carlos ^c  

^a Mount Sinai School of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia reduction; Female pattern hair loss; Hair transplantation; Male pattern baldness; Stable cicatricial alopecia; Unstable cicatricial alopecia

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ESTHETICS; EXCISION; HAIR LOSS; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ALOPECIA; CICATRIX; HAIR; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 47549104505     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2008.00211.x     Document Type: Review

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