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국문초록 8
ABSTRACT 11
I. Introduction 13
II. Objective 15
III. Subjects and Methods 16
1. Standardized photography 16
2. SALT assessment 16
2-1) SALT assessment through direct inspection (SALT-I) 16
2-2) SALT assessment through standardized photographs (SALT-P) 17
3. Measurement of the actual surface area of AA 17
4. Group analysis 19
IV. Results 20
1. Demographics of subjects 20
2. Distribution of actual surface area in SALT-I and SALT-P 22
2-1) SALT-I group 22
2-2) SALT-P group 22
3. SALT-I and SALP-P accordance group 24
4. SALT-I and SALP-P discrepancy group 24
5. Comparative analysis of SALT-I and -P accordance and discrepancy group 25
V. Discussion 28
Conclusion 32
References 33
Table 1. Demographics of alopecia areata patients 21
Table 2. Distribution of total lesion area according to each SALT-I and -P 23
Table 3. Distribution of mean total area according to accordance or discrepancy between SALT-I and -P 26
Fig 1. Examples of calculating the surface area of AA patches. 18
Fig 2. Range of total lesion area based on accordance of SALT score 27