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The management of cicatricial alopecia will change as our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis increases. With this increased knowledge, it is likely that the classification will be revised and offer new therapeutic strategies.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94115, USA

    Vera Price (Professor) & Paradi Mirmirani (Staff Physician)

  2. Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Paradi Mirmirani (Staff Physician)

  3. Department of Dermatology, The Permanente Medical Group, 975 Sereno Drive, Vallejo, California, 94589, USA

    Paradi Mirmirani (Staff Physician)

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  1. University of California, San Francisco, Professor, Department of Dermatology, San Francisco, 94115, California, USA

    Vera Price

  2. Department of Dermatology, The Permanente Medical Group, Vallejo, Staff Physician, University of California, San Francisco, Vallejo, 94589, California, USA

    Paradi Mirmirani

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Price, V., Mirmirani, P. (2011). Medical Management. In: Price, V., Mirmirani, P. (eds) Cicatricial Alopecia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8399-2_4

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