Disorders of hair growth
Subtitle: diagnosis and treatment
By: editor, Elise A. Olsen.
Contributors: Olsen, Elise A.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
Subjects: Hair Diseases -- diagnosis; Hair -- growth & development; Hair Diseases -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Embryology and anatomy of the hair follicle.; title: Differentiation of the hair shaft.; title: The control of hair growth and pigmentation.; title: Clinical tools for assessing hair loss.; title: Infectious, physical, and inflammatory causes of hair and scalp abnormalities.; title: Hair shaft defects.; title: Hair loss in childhood.; title: Alopecia areata.; title: Anagen hair loss.; title: Diffuse alopecia: telogen hair loss.; title: Pattern hair loss in men and women.; title: Cicatricial alopecia.; title: Hypertrichosis.; title: Hirsutism.; title: Surgical approach to hair loss.; title: Hair care products.; title: Disorders of hair growth in African Americans.