Acquired loss of hair pigment associated with a flexural dermatosis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 735-736

  Abbott, R A ^a   Robson, A ^a   O'Donoghue, N ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KWASHIORKOR; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; PARAKERATOSIS; PAROTID ENLARGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; KWASHIORKOR; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 68249157946     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02917.x     Document Type: Article

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