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. 2011 Jan;3(1):40-1.
doi: 10.4103/0974-7753.82135.

Congenital triangular alopecia: a close mimicker of alopecia areata

Lalit K Gupta  1 , Ak Khare, Anubhav Garg, Asit Mittal
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Congenital triangular alopecia: a close mimicker of alopecia areata

Lalit K Gupta et al. Int J Trichology. 2011 Jan.
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Figure 1
Triangular patch of alopecia over the left fronto-temporal region
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