Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: challenges and solutions
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Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: challenges and solutions
Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the most common scarring alopecia among African American women. Data about epidemiology, etiology, genetic inheritance, and management are scarce and come from individual reports or small series. CCCA has been associated with hot combing and traumatic hair styling for years; however, studies fail to confirm it as the sole etiologic factor. It h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1178-7015
DOI: 10.2147/ccid.s100816