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Use of Videodermatoscopy in Scalp Disorders

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Videodermatoscopy is a new technique that, allowing the visualization at high magnification (×10 to ×1,000) of hair and scalp skin, has been increasingly and successfully used in the evaluation of different hair and scalp disorders. In particular, VD may be useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of different types of hair loss (androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, telogen effluvium, trichotillomania, congenital triangular alopecia, tinea capitis, scarring alopecia), parasitic and inflammatory scalp diseases, and hair shaft disorders.

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    Franco Dinotta MD, Francesco Lacarrubba, Paola Di Mauro MD & Giuseppe Micali MD

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Dinotta, F., Lacarrubba, F., Di Mauro, P., Micali, G. (2014). Use of Videodermatoscopy in Scalp Disorders. In: Berardesca, E., Maibach, H., Wilhelm, KP. (eds) Non Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in Clinical Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32109-2_39

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