'Follicular Swiss cheese' pattern - Another histopathologic clue to alopecia areata

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-189

  Müller, Cornelia S L ^a   Shabrawi Caelen, Laila El ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

alopecia areata; dilated follicular infundibulae; follicular swiss cheese; scalp dermoscopy; yellow dots

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SCALP;

ALOPECIA AREATA; HUMANS; SCALP;

EID: 78650654286     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2010.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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