Laboratory Testing in Telogen Effluvium

January 2021 | Volume 20 | Issue 1 | Editorials | 110 | Copyright © January 2021


Published online December 23, 2020

Efe Kakpovbia MD MS,* Oluwatobi A. Ogbechie-Godec MD MBA,* Jerry Shapiro MD, Kristen I. Lo Sicco MD

The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NewYork University, NewYork, NY

*These authors contributed equally as first authors.

DISCLOSURES

The authors have no conflicts.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Kristen I. Lo Sicco MD Kristen.LoSicco@nyulangone.org