Coudability hairs: A revisited sign of alopecia areata assessed by trichoscopy: Clinical dermatology • Original article

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Inui, S ^a   Nakajima, T ^a   Itami, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; TRICHOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951244781     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03510.x     Document Type: Article

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