TLDR A patient developed hair loss after hepatitis C treatment with sofosbuvir and ribavirin.
A case report from April 2021 described a rare instance of alopecia areata developing in a patient following treatment with the interferon-free direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy combination of sofosbuvir and ribavirin (SOF/RBV) for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Despite the generally low side effects associated with DAA therapies, this case highlighted alopecia areata as a potential, though uncommon, complication.
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