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. 2017 Jul-Sep;9(3):142-143.
doi: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_42_17.

A Lagging Lock: Hair Cycle Abnormalities in Follicular Vitiligo?

Hima Gopinath  1 , Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan  1 , Meghana Valeti  1
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A Lagging Lock: Hair Cycle Abnormalities in Follicular Vitiligo?

Hima Gopinath et al. Int J Trichology. 2017 Jul-Sep.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A short lock of leucotrichia
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Leucotrichia with preserved distal pigmentation (arrow). (b) Abrupt transition of black hair to white hair
Figure 3
Figure 3
A few short white hairs over vertex
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