A practical, algorithmic approach to diagnosing hair shaft disorders

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Mirmirani, Paradi ^a,b,c   Huang, Kathie P ^d   Price, Vera H ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BJOERNSTAD SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; COUNSELING; ERYTHEMA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR TEXTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MENKES SYNDROME; MONILETHRIX; NETHERTON DISEASE; REVIEW; TRICHORRHEXIS; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR DISEASES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78650535777     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04768.x     Document Type: Review

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