Cicatricial Alopecia: What's New in Etiology?

    November 2015 in “ European Journal of Inflammation ”
    Beata Bergler-Czop, Hubert Arasiewicz, Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło
    Studysummary This review discusses the potential pathogenic mechanisms of cicatricial alopecia and emphasizes the need for further research on treatment methods, but it reports no new clinical findings.
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