Morphological Finding in Alopecia Areata

Authors

  • Nirmal Kumar Saini Medical Officer Skin & VD, Government Hospital Medicine, Sri Ganganagar
  • Prem Kumar Arora Principal Specialist Medicine, Government Hospital Medicine, Sri Ganganagar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v6i3.2487

Keywords:

Alopecia, Morphology, Patchy

Abstract

Background: The objective of our study was to assess morphological pattern in alopecia areata.

Method: The prospective cross-sectional study was conducted  on 100 patints were enrolled as study population irrespective of age and sex in the outpatient department of Dermatology.

Results: Most common finding was patchy (89.00%) followed by ophiasis (3.00%), linear (3.00%), alopecia universalis (2.00%), reticular (1.00%) and alopecia subtoalis & alopecia totalis scalp (1.00%).

Conclusion: Patchy alopecia was the most common presentation of alopecia areata (AA).

Keywords: Alopecia, Morphology, Patchy

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Published

2022-03-28

How to Cite

Saini, N. K. ., & Arora, P. K. . (2022). Morphological Finding in Alopecia Areata. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v6i3.2487

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2022)

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