Correspondence

    July 1999 in “ Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology ”
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    TLDR Bath PUVA therapy works well for a skin condition without as many cancer risks and is cheaper, and iron deficiency might not cause female hair loss.
    The document from July 1, 1999, contains two letters discussing different topics. The first letter reports that bath PUVA therapy is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for lymphomatoid papulosis, with potential advantages over oral PUVA, including being less carcinogenic and more cost-effective. The second letter presents findings from a study with 43 alopecia patients and 46 controls, which found no significant difference in serum ferritin levels between the two groups, suggesting that iron deficiency may not be a contributing factor to female alopecia, contrary to previous beliefs.
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