Dermatoscopy of hair shaft disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-481

  Miteva, Mariya ^a   Tosti, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital hair loss; dermatoscopy; dermoscopy; genetic hair loss; hair shaft; hair shaft abnormalities; trichoscopy; videodermatoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; BUBBLE HAIR; CANALICULI; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAIR; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MONILETHRIX; PARAKERATOTIC HAIR CAST; PEDICULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RINGED HAIR; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TRICHOMYCOSIS CAPITIS; TRICHOPTILOSIS; TRICHORRHEXIS; TRICHOSPORONOSIS; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY; TWISTED HAIR; WOOLLY HAIR;

DERMOSCOPY; EYEBROWS; EYELASHES; HAIR; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84873724784     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.06.041     Document Type: Review

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