A Case of Atrophoderma Vermiculatum Showing a Good Response to Topical Tretinoin
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116 Ann Dermatol Received September 7, 2016, Revised January 13, 2017, Accepted for publication February 6, 2017 Corresponding author: June Hyunkyung Lee, Department of Dermatology, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, 68 Hangeulbiseok-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01830, Korea. Tel: 82-2-970-8580, Fax: 82-2-974-1577, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology Though it was focused one case to generalize the results, it is not possible to generalize the results. However, our case shows that a simple, non-invasive dermoscopic examination to determine hair density could be an ancillary method to predict the number of smooth muscle bundle in the dermis.
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