Alopecia areata: Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and unusual cases

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-354

  Finner, Andreas M ^a  

^a Trichomed Hair Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

alopecia areata classification; alopecia areata clinical presentation; alopecia areata diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ALOPECIA RETICULARIS; ALOPECIA TOTALIS; ARTICLE; COMEDO; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE ALOPECIA AREATA; DYSESTHESIA; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; LOOSE ANAGEN HAIR SYNDROME; MORPHEA; OPHIASIS ALOPECIA AREATA; PATCHY ALOPECIA AREATA; PERINEVOID ALOPECIA AREATA; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCALP PRURITUS; SISIAPHO ALOPECIA AREATA; SKIN APLASIA; SYPHILIS; TICK BITE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHORRHEXIS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

AGE FACTORS; ALOPECIA AREATA; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYEBROWS; EYELASHES; HAIR; HUMANS; NAILS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959566807     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2011.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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