Primary cicatricial alopecia: Diagnosis and treatment

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1579-1585

  Filbrandt, Rebecca ^a   Rufaut, Nicholas ^b,c   Jones, Leslie ^b,c   Sinclair, Rodney ^b,c  

^a American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine   (Netherlands Antilles)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIANDROGEN; AZATHIOPRINE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FUSIDIC ACID; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISOTRETINOIN; MEPACRINE; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIOGLITAZONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RETINOID; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; THALIDOMIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC;

ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANAMNESIS; BURN; CELLULITIS; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSECTING CELLULITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLICULITIS DECALVANS; FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; LICHEN PLANOPILARUS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; NEUTROPHILLIC ALOPECIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84890285635     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111570     Document Type: Review

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