The ‘Watch Sign’ – Another Observation in the Course of Male Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia

Jakub Żółkiewicz; Urszula Maińska; Roman J. Nowicki; Michał Sobjanek; Martyna Sławińska

doi:10.5826/dpc.1402a132

The ‘Watch Sign’ – Another Observation in the Course of Male Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia

Authors

Jakub Żółkiewicz Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2711-0579
Urszula Maińska Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2748-9315
Roman J. Nowicki Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4768-1387
Michał Sobjanek Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-0135
Martyna Sławińska Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8947-5675

Keywords:

frontal fibrosing alopecia, cicatrical alopecia, watch sign, trichoscopy, Renbök phenomenon

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