Primary cicatricial alopecia: Recent advances in understanding and management

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-26

  Ohyama, Manabu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bulge; cicatricial alopecia; hair follicle; scarring; stem cell

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA ANTAGONIST; PIOGLITAZONE;

ACNE; ACNE NECROTICA; ALOPECIA; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BROCQ PSEUDOPLADE; CELL LOSS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL CENTRIFUGAL CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ERUPTIVE PUSTULAR DERMATOSIS; FOLLICULITIS KELOIDALIS; FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAHAM LITTLE SYNDROME; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATOSIS; KERATOSIS FOLLICULARIS SPINULOSA; LICHEN; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STEM CELL;

ALOPECIA; CICATRIX; HUMANS; SKIN;

EID: 84855357053     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01416.x     Document Type: Review

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