ALOPECIA – A CHALLENGE FOR DERMATOLOGISTS

Authors

  • Daciana Elena BRANISTEANU University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” - Iasi
  • Catalina Maria VOICU “Sf. Spiridon” Emergency Hospital Iaşi
  • D. C. BRANISTEANU University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” - Iasi

Keywords:

ALOPECIA, ANDROGENIC ALOPECIA, ALOPECIA AREATA.

Abstract

Alopecia is a loss of hair in the areas where it normally grows. It has to be distinguished from atrichia, the congenital absence of hair due to the absence of hair follicles, and hipotrichosis, scarcity or absence of hair in some congenital diseases. Alopecia is either scarring, when the skin appears atrophic, scaling, and smooth and the hair follicles are absent, or nonscarring, when hair loss is not accompanied by the destruction of hair follicles. This paper is a review of all types of alopecia and their features in an attempt to make them easier to identify and differentiate.

Author Biographies

  • Daciana Elena BRANISTEANU, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” - Iasi

    Faculty of Medicine
    Discipline of Dermatology                                                                                                                                                  “Sf. Spiridon” Emergency Hospital Iaşi                                                                                                                    Department of Dermatology

  • Catalina Maria VOICU, “Sf. Spiridon” Emergency Hospital Iaşi

    Department of Dermatology

  • D. C. BRANISTEANU, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” - Iasi

    Faculty of Medicine
    Discipline of Ophthalmology

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2018-05-14

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Vol. 118 No. 1 (2014): The Medical-Surgical Journal

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