Cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp.
We present a case of cicatricial pemphigoid with significant scarring alopecia as a major manifestation and review our series of cicatricial pemphigoid patients in Oxford (UK). Only four of 54 patients had scarring alopecia of the scalp. While rare, this manifestation poses a difficult management pr...
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| author | Ball, S Walkden, V Wojnarowska, F |
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| description | We present a case of cicatricial pemphigoid with significant scarring alopecia as a major manifestation and review our series of cicatricial pemphigoid patients in Oxford (UK). Only four of 54 patients had scarring alopecia of the scalp. While rare, this manifestation poses a difficult management problem; patients find this cosmetically distressing and there are no successful treatments available to date. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ff2c0fc7-bb54-4c67-91eb-40fb61da60212022-03-27T13:42:38ZCicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ff2c0fc7-bb54-4c67-91eb-40fb61da6021EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1998Ball, SWalkden, VWojnarowska, FWe present a case of cicatricial pemphigoid with significant scarring alopecia as a major manifestation and review our series of cicatricial pemphigoid patients in Oxford (UK). Only four of 54 patients had scarring alopecia of the scalp. While rare, this manifestation poses a difficult management problem; patients find this cosmetically distressing and there are no successful treatments available to date. |
| spellingShingle | Ball, S Walkden, V Wojnarowska, F Cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp. |
| title | Cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp. |
| title_full | Cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp. |
| title_fullStr | Cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp. |
| title_short | Cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp. |
| title_sort | cicatricial pemphigoid rarely involves the scalp |
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