Metropolitan Dermatological Society Of New York: A Case Study Of A 21-Year-Old Woman With Alopecia Areata

    March 1957 in “ Archives of Dermatology
    Alexander W. Young
    TLDR The treatments tried did not work for her alopecia areata.
    The document presents a case study of a 21-year-old woman with alopecia areata totalis, who had not experienced hair regrowth despite various treatments, including 40 applications of Thorium X, oral cortisone therapy, ultraviolet treatments, crude liver extract, phenol, alcohol, and blood transfusions. Recently, two areas on her scalp were injected with prednisolone suspension, although the document does not provide the outcome of this treatment.
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