title: [Scalp alopecia in leprosy].
abstract: A clinical-pathological study of 270 patients admitted to the "El Rincón" Leprosary is made. The incidence of scalp alopecia, its localization on skull and its association with the polar form of lepromatous leprosy are stressed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Alopecia de cuero cabelludo en lepra.