Development and Pilot-Testing of the Alopecia Areata Assessment Tool (ALTO)

    June 2018 in “ PLOS ONE ”
    David G. Li, Kathie P. Huang, Fan Xia … Arash Mostaghimi
    Studysummary This study demonstrated that the Alopecia Areata Assessment Tool (ALTO) effectively identifies alopecia areata cases with high sensitivity and specificity in a dermatology clinic setting.
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