Abstract
Patients with alopecia have psychological problems caused or intensified by the loss of hair. Chronic telogen effluvium (CTE) was recently described and is yet poorly characterized and understudied. It can be misdiagnosed as diffuse alopecia areata (incognita) or as initial female androgenetic alopecia (AGA), which can also present a diffuse telogen loss. Thus, there are errors in diagnos…