Histopathology of Scarring and Nonscarring Hair Loss

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-56

  Childs, John M ^a   Sperling, Leonard C ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy technique; Cicatricial alopecia; Hair anatomy; Non cicatricial alopecia

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; CELLULITIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPITHELIUM; FOLLICULITIS KELOIDALIS; FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ALOPECIA; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; SCAR; SCAR ALOPECIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYPHILITIC ALOPECIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM; TEMPORAL TRIANGULAR ALOPECIA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRACTION ALOPECIA; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ALOPECIA; BIOPSY; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCALP;

EID: 84869194018     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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