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. 2020 Aug;61(3):263-265.
doi: 10.1111/ajd.13270. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

Bitemporal alopecia areata

Nekma Meah  1 , Dmitri Wall  1 , Lara Trindade de Carvalho  1 , Rodney Sinclair  1   2
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Bitemporal alopecia areata

Nekma Meah et al. Australas J Dermatol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Alopecia areata has various clinical presentations, some of which have recognised prognostic significance. We report five cases of bitemporal alopecia areata, with involvement of the frontal hairline, the therapeutic approach for each case and possible differential diagnoses to also consider.

Keywords: alopecia areata; bitemporal; bitemporal alopecia; bitemporal hair loss; bitemporal recession.

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