Trichotemnomania associated to trichotillomania: A case report with emphasis on the diagnostic value of dermoscopy;Trichotemnomanie associée à une trichotillomanie: Intérêt diagnostique de la dermoscopie

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-141

  Gallouj, S ^a   Rabhi, S ^a   Baybay, H ^a   Soughi, M ^a   Meziane, M ^a   Rammouz, I ^a   Mikou, O ^a   Bono, W ^a   Mernissi, F Z ^a  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; PSYCHOCUTANEOUS DISEASE; TRICHOTEMNOMANIA; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SKIN; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 79951960032     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2010.11.007     Document Type: Letter

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