Linear Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata (AA) over scalp is known to present in various shapes and extents of hair loss. Typically it presents as circumscribed patches of alopecia with underlying skin remaining normal. We describe a rare variant of AA presenting in linear band-like form. Only four cases of linear alopecia h...

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Autores principales: Shetty, Shricharith, Rao, Raghavendra, Kudva, R Ranjini, Subramanian, Kumudhini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625568
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.189017
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author Shetty, Shricharith
Rao, Raghavendra
Kudva, R Ranjini
Subramanian, Kumudhini
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description Alopecia areata (AA) over scalp is known to present in various shapes and extents of hair loss. Typically it presents as circumscribed patches of alopecia with underlying skin remaining normal. We describe a rare variant of AA presenting in linear band-like form. Only four cases of linear alopecia have been reported in medical literature till today, all four being diagnosed as lupus erythematosus profundus.
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spelling pubmed-50079222016-09-13 Linear Alopecia Areata Shetty, Shricharith Rao, Raghavendra Kudva, R Ranjini Subramanian, Kumudhini Int J Trichology Case Report Alopecia areata (AA) over scalp is known to present in various shapes and extents of hair loss. Typically it presents as circumscribed patches of alopecia with underlying skin remaining normal. We describe a rare variant of AA presenting in linear band-like form. Only four cases of linear alopecia have been reported in medical literature till today, all four being diagnosed as lupus erythematosus profundus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5007922/ /pubmed/27625568 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.189017 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Linear Alopecia Areata
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007922/
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