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1 Clinical characteristics of chemotherapy-induced alopecia in childhood
Mira Choi, MD, Min Sun Kim, MD, Song Youn Park, MD, Gyeong Hun Park, MD, Seong Jin Jo, MD, Kwang Hyun Cho, MD, Ji Won Lee, MD, Kyung Duk Park, MD, Hee Young Shin, MD, Hyoung Jin Kang, MD, Ohsang Kwon, MD  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology  Volume 70, Issue 3, Pages (March 2014) DOI: /j.jaad Copyright © 2013 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA) in children. Comparison of hair thickness (A), hair density (B), and global photographic assessment (C) of patients and control subjects. All parameters were significantly lower in the CIA group compared with the control group. There were also significant differences comparing permanent CIA vs nonpermanent CIA, permanent CIA vs control, and nonpermanent CIA vs control in all parameters (∗P < .0001). Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology  , DOI: ( /j.jaad ) Copyright © 2013 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Clinical photographs of permanent chemotherapy-induced alopecia. An 8-year-old girl given the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia received an unrelated peripheral blood stem cell transplantation 3 years earlier. Diffuse decreased hair density with short, thin hairs (A and B); mean hair density, 25/cm2; mean hair thickness, 64 μm (C). Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology  , DOI: ( /j.jaad ) Copyright © 2013 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions


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