EFFICACY OF TOPICAL SENSITIZERS IN THE TREATMENT OF ALOPECIA-AREATA

Authors
ROKHSAR CK SHUPACK JL VAFAI JJ WASHENIK K
Citation
Ck. Rokhsar et al., EFFICACY OF TOPICAL SENSITIZERS IN THE TREATMENT OF ALOPECIA-AREATA, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 39(5), 1998, pp. 751-761
Citations number
76
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
39
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
751 - 761
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1998)39:5<751:EOTSIT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
It has been more than 2 decades since the first report of the use of d initrochlorobenzene to induce hair growth in 2 patients with alopecia areata. Other topical sensitizers, namely squaric acid dibutylester an d diphenylcyclopropenone, have been used with variable success. This a rticle reviews the efficacy and safety of the use of topical sensitize rs in the treatment of alopecia areata.