Color-Transition Sign: A Useful Trichoscopic Finding for Differentiating Alopecia Areata Incognita from Telogen Effluvium

    March 2018 in “ The Journal of Dermatology ”
    Misaki Kinoshita‐Ise, Masafumi Fukuyama, Manabu Ohyama
    Studysummary This letter discusses a trichoscopic feature called the color-transition sign for differentiating between alopecia areata incognita and telogen effluvium, and reports no new clinical results.
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    1. Circumscribed Alopecia Areata Incognita Australasian Journal of Dermatology · 2012
    2. Alopecia Areata Incognita: A Case Report Clinics · 2011
    3. Patients With Profuse Hair Shedding May Reveal Anagen Hair Dystrophy: A Diagnostic Clue of Alopecia Areata Incognita Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2010
    4. The Role of Scalp Dermoscopy in the Diagnosis of Alopecia Areata Incognita Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2008

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