Dermatoscopic Evaluation of Alopecia Areata

The research paper "Dermatoscopic evaluation of alopecia areata" conducted a case-series study on 209 patients with alopecia areata to assess the dermoscopic characteristics of the disease and their correlations with clinical variants, nail changes, and severity. The study found that yellow dots were the most common dermatoscopic finding, followed by black dots, while perifollicular scales were the least common. The study also found that yellow dots, broken hairs, exclamation mark hairs, and nail changes were correlated with the severe form of the disease. The conclusion of the study is that alopecia areata has many dermatoscopic manifestations which are helpful in the clinical diagnosis and prognosis of the disease, and that yellow dots, black dots, exclamation marks hair, broken hairs, and nail changes are related to the severe form of the disease.