Central hair loss in African American women: Incidence and potential risk factors

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-252

  Olsen, Elise A ^a   Callender, Valerie ^b   McMichael, Amy ^c   Sperling, Leonard ^d   Anstrom, Kevin J ^a   Shapiro, Jerry ^e   Roberts, Janet ^f   Durden, Faith ^g   Whiting, David ^h   Bergfeld, Wilma ⁱ  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f Oregon Dermatology and Research Center   (United States)

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

^h BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia; central scalp hair loss; hair loss in African American women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CENTRAL HAIR LOSS; COMB; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCALP HAIR; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TINEA CAPITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; FATHERS; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751591567     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.11.693     Document Type: Article

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