Clinical significance of dermoscopy in alopecia areata: Analysis of 300 cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 688-693

  Inui, Shigeki ^a   Nakajima, Takeshi ^a   Nakagawa, Koichi ^a   Itami, Satoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENCYPRONE; HEXAMETHONIUM CHLORIDE; PSORALEN; SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP DERMATOSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 47649112166     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03692.x     Document Type: Article

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