The role of dermoscopy in the diagnosis of cicatricial marginal alopecia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-215

  Tosti, A ^a   Torres, F ^b   Misciali, C ^a   Vincenzi, C ^a   Duque Estrada, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Dermatologia Prof Rubem David Azulay   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Dermoscopy; Frontal fibrosing alopecia; Hair; Traction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; CICATRICIAL MARGINAL ALOPECIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; CICATRIX; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP;

EID: 67649961534     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09233.x     Document Type: Letter

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