Prevalence of lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia in the United States: an All of Us database analysis

Int J Dermatol. 2024 Aug;63(8):1099-1101. doi: 10.1111/ijd.17274. Epub 2024 May 28.

Authors

Li-Chi Chen¹, Chino Ogbutor¹, Kristen J Kelley¹, Jean R Pickford², Maryanne M Senna^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA.
² Scarring Alopecia Foundation, Kulpsville, PA, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 38807286
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.17274

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; frontal fibrosing alopecia; lichen planopilaris; prevalence; primary cicatricial alopecia; underrepresentation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alopecia* / epidemiology
Alopecia* / pathology
Databases, Factual* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Fibrosis / epidemiology
Humans
Lichen Planus* / epidemiology
Lichen Planus* / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

Lichen planus follicularis