Clinical Signs and Laboratory Tests for the Differential Diagnosis of Androgenic and Post-COVID-19 Alopecia in Women

    July 2024 in “ Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii ”
    Irina N. Kondrakhina, Alexey A. Kondrakhin, Alexandr А. Nikonorov … А. А. Кубанов
    Studysummary This study found that women with post-COVID alopecia showed a diffuse telogen effluvium pattern and distinct trace element imbalances, such as reduced copper and increased selenium levels, helping differentiate this condition from androgenetic alopecia.
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