Hair loss in elderly women

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-151

  Chen, WenChieh ^a   Yang, Chao Chun ^b   Todorova, Antonia ^a   Al Khuzaei, Safaa ^a   Chiu, Hsien Ching ^c   Worret, Wolf Ingo ^a   Ring, Johannes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alopecia areata; Alopecia neoplastica; Androgenetic alopecia; Tinea capitis; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; METASTASIS; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SCALP HAIR; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

AGING; ALOPECIA; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 77950423037     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0828     Document Type: Review

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