Development of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia with a History of Alopecia Areata

Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), a scarring type of alopecia, developed in two patients with a history of alopecia areata (AA). Both patients had biopsies to confirm this interesting series of pathology. Etiology and pathogenesis of this AA-to-FFA sequence will be discussed.

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Autores principales: Lin, Jessica, Zikry, Joseph, Atanaskova-Mesinkovska, Natasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440856
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_9_17
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description Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), a scarring type of alopecia, developed in two patients with a history of alopecia areata (AA). Both patients had biopsies to confirm this interesting series of pathology. Etiology and pathogenesis of this AA-to-FFA sequence will be discussed.
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spelling pubmed-58038502018-02-13 Development of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia with a History of Alopecia Areata Lin, Jessica Zikry, Joseph Atanaskova-Mesinkovska, Natasha Int J Trichology Case Report Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), a scarring type of alopecia, developed in two patients with a history of alopecia areata (AA). Both patients had biopsies to confirm this interesting series of pathology. Etiology and pathogenesis of this AA-to-FFA sequence will be discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5803850/ /pubmed/29440856 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_9_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 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 Development of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia with a History of Alopecia Areata
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title_short Development of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia with a History of Alopecia Areata
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