Alopecia in Three Women of Southeast Asian Descent with Chronic Renal Failure: Possible Association with Erythropoietin Use

    January 2001 in “ American Journal of Kidney Diseases ”
    Wayne Akalin, Matthew Lewis, Hamid Rabb
    Studysummary This report suggests that recombinant human erythropoietin use may be linked to alopecia in Southeast Asian women with chronic renal failure.
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