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September 1990 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports that six women developed scleroderma while taking L-tryptophan and showed improvement after stopping the supplement and/or starting corticosteroid therapy.
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February 1991 in “Archives of dermatology” In this study, researchers found that high-dose tryptophan ingestion before symptom onset may be linked to clinical features resembling eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome in patients with eosinophilic fasciitis.
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November 2018 in “Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore” Sulfasalazine can cause severe allergic reactions leading to long-term autoimmune issues like hair loss and skin discoloration.
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November 1990 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a patient with eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome, likely linked to L-tryptophan use, who developed a skin rash characterized by cutaneous mucinosis.
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January 1993 in “Dermatology” In this study, researchers found histopathological similarities between L-tryptophan eosinophilic myalgia syndrome and idiopathic eosinophilic fasciitis, with certain unique inflammatory features present in the former.