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    31-Year-Old Woman With Alopecia

    September 2013 in “ Mayo Clinic Proceedings ”
    Nicole Loo, Allison K. Arthur, Mark C. Lee
    Studysummary This case study identified low iron stores, potentially linked to heavy menstrual periods, as a trigger for diffuse nonscarring alopecia in a 31-year-old woman, leading to a diagnosis of telogen effluvium, for which iron supplementation was prescribed.
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