Evaluation and diagnosis of the hair loss patient: Part II. Trichoscopic and laboratory evaluations

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 431.e1-431.e11

  Mubki, Thamer ^a   Rudnicka, Lidia ^b,c   Olszewska, Malgorzata ^b   Shapiro, Jerry ^d,e  

^a AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alopecia areata; androgenetic alopecia; dermatoscopy; dermoscopy; discoid lupus erythematosus; dissecting cellulitis; lichen planopilaris; patterned hair loss; trichoscopy; videodermatoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; CELLULITIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FIBROSIS; HAIR; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALOPECIA; CELLULITIS; DERMOSCOPY; FIBROSIS; HAIR; HUMANS;

EID: 84922480415     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.008     Document Type: Review

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