TY - JOUR
T1 - Linear alopecia areata
AU - Shetty, Shricharith
AU - Rao, Raghavendra
AU - Kudva, R. Ranjini
AU - Subramanian, Kumudhini
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 International Journal of Trichology | Published by Wolters Kluwer ..Medknow.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.4103/0974-7753.189017
DO - 10.4103/0974-7753.189017
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:84984683817
SN - 0974-7753
VL - 8
SP - 144
EP - 145
JO - International Journal of Trichology
JF - International Journal of Trichology
IS - 3
ER -