Comorbidities of Primary Scarring Alopecias: A Retrospective Multi-Site Cross-Sectional Study

    March 2025 in “ JEADV Clinical Practice ”
    Arielle Carolina Mora Hurtado, Sarah Koopman Gonzalez, Nicole C. Syder … Nada Elbuluk
    Studysummary In this retrospective chart review, researchers found that patients with scarring alopecia, including central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, have a higher prevalence of various systemic comorbidities, such as vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome, compared to the general US population.
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