Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of different treatments in patients with alopecia totalis or universalis who did not respond to sensitizing therapies. Twenty-six patients, who had been receiving sensitizing therapy for at least 1 year without any response, were randomly assigned to receive the following treatments: topical 10% cyclosporine in oily solution (eight patients), PUVA (eight patients), and intravenous thymopentin (ten patients). None of them had any acceptable regrowth after at least 6 months of treatment. Our results suggest that other treatments are not useful in patients with 100% hair loss who fail to respond to sensitizing therapies.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 455-456 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
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Tosti, A., Bardazzi, F., & Guerra, L. (1991). Alopecia totalis: Is treating nonresponder patients useful? Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 24(3), 455-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/0190-9622(91)70072-A