TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cicatricial Alopecias A1 - Otberg, Nina A1 - Shapiro, Jerry A2 - Kang, Sewon A2 - Amagai, Masayuki A2 - Bruckner, Anna L. A2 - Enk, Alexander H. A2 - Margolis, David J. A2 - McMichael, Amy J. A2 - Orringer, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, 9e AB - AT-A-GLANCEScarring alopecia occurs in a heterogeneous etiologic group of various disorders.The inflammatory process leads to permanent destruction of hair follicular stem cell structure and subsequent replacement with fibrous tissue.The destructive process can occur as a primary or secondary cicatricial alopecia.Loss of hair-producing attribute finalizes this process and results clinically in permanent alopecia.No evidence-based treatment is available. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/13 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161326233 ER -