Postoperative alopecia in five patients after treatment of aneurysm rupture with a guglielmi detachable coil: Pressure alopecia, radiation induced, or both?

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 848-851

  Lee, Won Soo ^a   Lee, Se Won ^a   Lee, Sanghoon ^a   Lee, Jin Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Guglielmi detachable coil; Postoperative alopecia; Pressure alopecia

Indexed keywords

DESOXIMETASONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANESTHESIA; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCALP;

EID: 7944233093     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00614.x     Document Type: Article

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