Determinants of marginal traction alopecia in African girls and women

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-438

  Khumalo, Nonhlanhla P ^a   Jessop, Susan ^a   Gumedze, Freedom ^a   Ehrlich, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAIR DYE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCALP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 48749099437     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.05.036     Document Type: Article

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