Follicular red dots: A novel dermoscopic pattern observed in scalp discoid lupus erythematosus

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1406-1409

  Tosti, Antonella ^a   Torres, Fernanda ^b   Misciali, Cosimo ^a   Vincenzi, Colombina ^a   Starace, Michela ^a   Miteva, Mariya ^c   Romanelli, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR RED DOT; HAIR; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SCAR ALOPECIA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; COHORT STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 73149120719     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.277     Document Type: Article

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