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2/2026
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Stress: an important cofactor in patients with lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia

Anna Waśkiel-Burnat
1
,
Michela Starace
2, 3
,
Federico Quadrelli
2, 3
,
Daniel Asz Sigall
4
,
Katarzyna Pisarz
1
,
Nkechi Enechukwu
5
,
Adriana Rakowska
1
,
Marta Kurzeja
1
,
Bianca Maria Piraccini
6
,
Lidia Rudnicka
1

  1. Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  2. Dermatology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  3. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  4. Trichology Clinic, Hospital General "Dr Manuel Gea Gonzalez", Mexico City, Mexico
  5. Dermatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
  6. Private Dermatology Practice, Bologna, Italy
Adv Dermatol Allergol 2026; XLIII (2): 185–190
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2026.161197
Online publish date: 2026/04/22
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