New trichoscopy findings in trichotillomania: Flame hairs, V-sign, hook hairs, hair powder, tulip hairs

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-306

  Rakowska, Adriana ^a   Slowinska, Monika ^a   Olszewska, Malgorzata ^a   Rudnicka, Lidia ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis; Exclamation mark hair; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLAME HAIR; HAIR; HAIR DENSITY; HAIR POWDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOSCOPY; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; TULIP HAIR; ALOPECIA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

ALOPECIA; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAIR; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 84899987186     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1674     Document Type: Article

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