Frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planopilaris in HLA-identical mother and daughter.
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2015-03
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Frontal fi brosing alopecia (FFA) is a lymphocyte-mediated scarring alopecia thought to be a
variant of lichen planopilaris (LPP). We present a 67-year-old woman with frontal fi brosing
alopecia whose daughter was diagnosed to have lichen planopilaris. Both patients had
identical human leukocyte antigen (HLA) D types, supporting a phenotypical relationship
between the two clinical entities. Interestingly, our patient also had of autoimmune chronic
atrophic gastritis, a previously unreported association.
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Lichen planus, familial lichen planus, androgenetic alopecia, atrophic gastritis, frontal fibrosing alopecia
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Rivas María Mercedes Otero, Antolín Sara Calleja, Sambucety Pedro Sánchez, González Elia Samaniego, Morales José María García Ruíz de, Prieto Manuel Ángel Rodríguez. Frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planopilaris in HLA-identical mother and daughter. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 2015 Mar-Apr; 81(2): 162-165.