Factors Affecting the Severity of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia

January 2016 in “ International Journal of Dermatology ”

Poonkiat Suchonwanit, Clare E. Hector, Ghada A. Bin Saif, Amy J. McMichael

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Studysummary This study reports that the duration of hair loss is positively associated with the severity of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia in African-American women.

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