It's not all traction: the pseudo ‘fringe sign’ in frontal fibrosing alopecia
R. Pirmez
Department of Dermatology, Instituto de Dermatologia Professor Rubem David Azulay, Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Visconde de Pirajá 330, salas 1001-1003, Rio de Janeiro, 22410-000, RJ, Brazil
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Department of Dermatology, Instituto de Dermatologia Professor Rubem David Azulay, Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Visconde de Pirajá 330, salas 1001-1003, Rio de Janeiro, 22410-000, RJ, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorL.S. Abraham
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitário de Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorG.M. Pinto
Department of Dermatology, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorD.C. de Farias
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorY. Kelly
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorI. Doche
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorR. Pirmez
Department of Dermatology, Instituto de Dermatologia Professor Rubem David Azulay, Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Visconde de Pirajá 330, salas 1001-1003, Rio de Janeiro, 22410-000, RJ, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorB. Duque-Estrada
Department of Dermatology, Instituto de Dermatologia Professor Rubem David Azulay, Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Visconde de Pirajá 330, salas 1001-1003, Rio de Janeiro, 22410-000, RJ, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorL.S. Abraham
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitário de Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorG.M. Pinto
Department of Dermatology, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorD.C. de Farias
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorY. Kelly
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorI. Doche
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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