DAPSONE VERSUS TOPICAL IMMUNOTHERAPY IN ALOPECIA-AREATA

Citation
Hmj. Vanbaar et al., DAPSONE VERSUS TOPICAL IMMUNOTHERAPY IN ALOPECIA-AREATA, British journal of dermatology, 133(2), 1995, pp. 270-274
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
133
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
270 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)133:2<270:DVTIIA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Twenty-seven patients with severe alopecia areata were treated with da psone. The results of a mean treatment duration of 10 +/- 0.5 months a re reported, and compared with the results of long-term topical immuno therapy obtained previously at the same institute. The efficacy of dap sone proved to be markedly inferior to that of topical immunotherapy. The percentage of patients showing regrowth of hair during treatment w ith dapsone was comparable with the occurrence of spontaneous regrowth of hair reported in the literature.