Primary Cicatricial Alopecias: Clinicopathology of 112 Cases

December 2003 in “ Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology ”

Eileen Tan, Magdalena Martinka, Nigel J. Ball, Jerry Shapiro

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Studysummary This study reviewed the epidemiology and treatment of inflammatory cicatricial alopecias and highlighted the importance of scalp biopsies for accurate diagnosis in a mixed ethnic population at a university hair clinic.

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