It's not all traction: the pseudo ‘fringe sign’ in frontal fibrosing alopecia

@article{Pirmez2015ItsNA,
  title={It's not all traction: the pseudo ‘fringe sign’ in frontal fibrosing alopecia},
  author={Rodrigo Pirmez and Bruna Duque-Estrada and Leonardo Spagnol Abraham and G M Pinto and D{\'e}bora Cadore de Farias and Yanna Kelly and Isabella Doche},
  journal={British Journal of Dermatology},
  year={2015},
  volume={173}
}
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