Diffuse nonscarring alopecia of scalp: An indicator of early infantile scurvy?

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 644-646

  Ragunatha, Shivanna ^a   Inamadar, Arun C ^a   Palit, Aparna ^a   Sampagavi, Vishwanath V ^a   Deshmukh, Niranjan S ^a  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SCURVY; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALOPECIA; ASCORBIC ACID; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SCALP; SCURVY;

EID: 57049140369     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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