TOPICAL DIPHENCYPRONE FOR ALOPECIA-AREATA - EVALUATION OF 48 CASES AFTER 30 MONTHS FOLLOW-UP

Authors
GORDON PM ALDRIDGE RD MCVITTIE E HUNTER JAA
Citation
Pm. Gordon et al., TOPICAL DIPHENCYPRONE FOR ALOPECIA-AREATA - EVALUATION OF 48 CASES AFTER 30 MONTHS FOLLOW-UP, British journal of dermatology, 134(5), 1996, pp. 869-871
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
134
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
869 - 871
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1996)134:5<869:TDFA-E>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Forty-eight patients (23 male, 25 female) with severe alopecia areata were sensitized and treated with topical diphencyprone. Thirty-eight p er cent of the subjects had good regrowth of hair at a mean follow-up period of 30.8 months. The presence of nail changes, a personal histor y of atopy and a long duration of alopecia had an adverse prognostic e ffect.