Scarring Alopecia in Localized Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa: A Case Report and a Scoping Review

December 2025 in “ Cureus ”

Pratiksha Patra, Sairekha Ravichandran, Nishit Patel, Paul Rodriguez‐Waitkus, Wei-Shen Chen

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