Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: Clinical and Prognostic Classification

    April 2017 in “ JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology ”
    Ó.M. Moreno-Arrones, David Saceda‐Corralo, Pablo Fonda‐Pascual … Sergio Vañó‐Galván
    Studysummary This study classified frontal fibrosing alopecia patients into three clinical patterns, finding that pattern III had the best prognosis and pattern II the worst after treatment with dutasteride and corticosteroids.
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