Twice Weekly 5 mg Dexamethasone Oral Pulse in the Treatment of Extensive Alopecia Areata

September 1999 in “ The Journal of Dermatology ”

Vinod Sharma, Somesh Gupta

dexamethasone oral pulse alopecia areata hair regrowth side effects

Studysummary In this study, complete to excellent hair regrowth was observed in 63.3% of patients with extensive alopecia areata treated with biweekly dexamethasone pulses, although mild side effects were frequent.

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