Hair diagnoses and signs: The use of dermatoscopy

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Wallace, M P ^a   De Berker, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; BUBBLE HAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; MONILETHRIX; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PERIPILAR CAST; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RINGED HAIR; SCALP HAIR; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY; TWISTED HAIR;

ADULT; CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; HAIR; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SCALP;

EID: 71949103307     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03383.x     Document Type: Article

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