Trichoscopy: A new method for diagnosing hair loss

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 651-654

  Rudnicka, Lidia ^a   Olszewska, Malgorzata ^b   Rakowska, Adriana ^a   Kowalska Oledzka, Elzbieta ^a   Slowinska, Monika ^a  

^a CSK MSWiA ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALOPECIA; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO;

EID: 52449088503     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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