Open AccessSocial Status May Interfere in the Prognosis of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in Female Patients: An Observational Study
Author(s) -
Sofia Papanikou,
Anastasia Xydeas-Kikemenis,
Electra Nicolaidou,
Argiro Chatziioannou,
Dimitrios Rigopoulos,
Alexandros Stratigos,
Vasiliki Chasapi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000501888
Subject(s) - observational study , medicine , dermatology , psychology
Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a cicatricial alopecia whose incidence has greatly increased worldwide over the last years. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the possible association of the social status of FFA patients with the prognosis of the disease.