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January 2014 in “Hair therapy & transplantation” This case study reports the first extensively interpreted instance of dystrophic telogen effluvium potentially linked to pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C, characterized through clinical and trichogram analysis.
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September 2014 in “European Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes a 29-year-old woman with longstanding alopecia areata who experienced improvement in her scalp hair loss after 7 years of topical treatment with squaric acid dibutylester.
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August 2007 in “PubMed” This report describes a case of alopecia universalis in a woman with hepatitis C linked to pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin therapy, with hair regrowth observed one year after discontinuation.
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January 2007 in “Acta Dermato Venereologica” In this report, a case of a bullous lesion developed at the injection site in a patient treated with PEG-IFN-α-2a for chronic hepatitis C was described.
August 2026 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” In this study, pegylated interferon alpha therapy was independently associated with more severe hair loss, particularly acute telogen effluvium, in chronic hepatitis B patients with alopecia, compared to nucleos(t)ide analog therapy, emphasizing the importance of monitoring and counseling, especially for younger female patients.