Journal article
Frequency of the Types of Alopecia at Twenty-Two Specialist Hair Clinics: A Multicenter Study
S Vañó-Galván, D Saceda-Corralo, U Blume-Peytavi, J Cucchía, NC Dlova, MFR Gavazzoni Dias, R Grimalt, D Guzmán-Sánchez, M Harries, A Ho, S Holmes, J Larrondo, A Mosam, R Oliveira-Soares, GM Pinto, BM Piraccini, R Pirmez, D De La Rosa Carrillo, L Rudnicka, J Shapiro Show all
Skin Appendage Disorders | KARGER | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1159/000496708
Abstract
Background: The frequency of different types of alopecia is not clearly reported in recent studies. Objective: To analyze the frequency of the types of alopecia in patients consulting at specialist hair clinics (SHC) and to assess for global variations. Methods: Multicenter retrospective study including data from patients evaluated at referral SHC in Europe, America, Africa and Australia. Results: A total of 2,835 patients (72.7% females and 27.3% males) with 3,133 diagnoses of alopecia were included (73% were non-cicatricial and 27% were cicatricial alopecias). In all, 57 different types of alopecia were characterized. The most frequent type was androgenetic alopecia (AGA) (37.7%), followed..
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Funding Acknowledgements
A donation from Novartis (NF 516/2016) to the Dermatology Department of Ramon y Cajal Hospital was used for financial support of statistical analysis and data management services.