Significance of dermoscopy in acute diffuse and total alopecia of the female scalp: Review of twenty cases

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-336

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

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute diffuse and total alopecia of the female scalp; Dermoscopy; Yellow dots

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIFFUSE AND TOTAL ALOPECIA OF THE FEMALE SCALP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP DERMATOSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51749119448     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155644     Document Type: Review

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