Open AccessHistopathologic profile of alopecia areata in Indian patients
Author(s) -
Chaitra Venkataswamy,
T Rajalakshmi,
Reeti Kavdia
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.66906
Subject(s) - alopecia areata , dermatology , medicine
Alopecia Areata (AA) is a "non-scarring" alopecia that has an autoimmune basis. Though clinically distinctive, problems arise in diagnosis depending on the temporal stage of the disease at presentation; some of them progress to scarring alopecia and predicting its prognosis is difficult. Histological changes depend on the disease stage and site of the biopsy.