Severe Alopecia Areata Treated With Systemic Corticosteroids

August 1998 in “ International Journal of Dermatology ”

Adnan S. Alabdulkareem, ABDULAZIZ A. ABAHUSSEIN, A Okoro

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Studysummary This study found that systemic corticosteroids led to satisfactory hair regrowth in 38.9% of severe alopecia areata patients, but hair fall occurred upon therapy discontinuation or tapering.

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