Assessment of Vitamin D Level in Patients with Alopecia Areata

January 2016 in “ Journal of Clinical and Investigative Dermatology ”

Enayat Attwa, Abdallah Kandil, Waleed Elbalaat, A Antony Samy

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Studysummary This study examines how the Severity of Alopecia Tool score was used to assess Alopecia Areata in patients while excluding systemic conditions that might affect vitamin D levels, but reports no new clinical results.

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