Trichotemnomania: Hair loss mediated by a compulsive habit not admitted by patients

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-184

  Orgaz Molina, Jacinto ^a   Husein ElAhmed, Husein ^a   Soriano Hernández, María Isabel ^a   Arias Santiago, Salvador ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUXISM; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; EMOTIONALITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; EYEBROW; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SHAVING; SKIN CARE; TRICHOTEMNOMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859576739     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1232     Document Type: Letter

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