Alopecia Areata Incognita: True or False?
December 2008
in “
Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology
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alopecia areata alopecia areata incognita yellow dots scalp videodermoscopy trichoscopy female androgenic alopecia FAGA frontal area rapid effluvium diffuse hair thinning acute hair miniaturization Tosti alopecia thin pigmented hairs thick terminal hairs histopathologic findings female pattern hair loss hair thinning hair miniaturization
Studysummary This study suggests that yellow dots observed in scalp videodermoscopy are not highly specific to alopecia areata, as they appear in various types of alopecia.
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