January 2015 in “Iraqi Journal of Hematology” In this study, oral iron replacement therapy showed improvement in hair loss severity for some women with low serum ferritin levels, but not all responded.
In this study, oral iron replacement showed some evidence of improving chronic telogen effluvium in iron deficient women, though further research is required to confirm the association.
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January 2019 in “International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries” This review discusses telogen effluvium as a common cause of diffuse hair loss and reports no new clinical results, noting diagnostic and treatment challenges.
February 2018 in “The American Journal of Gastroenterology” This study observed that intravenous ferric carboxymaltose did not inhibit the drug-induced reduction of inflammatory activity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, as indicated by lower CRP levels.
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January 1997 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This study found that women with androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata had significantly lower serum ferritin levels compared to women without hair loss.