Key words: Alopecia areata, Copper, Magnesium, Zinc .... Table 2: Clinical profile of alopecia areata. Pattern. Number. Exclamation. Nail mark hairs changes.
alopecia areata (AA), with variable efficacy and safety ... Multiple patches, alopecia totalis/universalis ... area of 7 x 5 cm and right and left parietotemporal area.
Jul 23, 2017 - we applied intralesional triamcitolone acetonide once a week for two .... Topical immunotherapy (diphenylcycloproperone/DPCP, squaric.
outpatient clinic with complaints of patchy hair loss for two months, a two year history of rough nails gradually extanded to both .... In management of psoriasis,.
Abstract: Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease characterized by non-scaring hair ... nail changes, family history, associated diseases (atopic dermatitis,.
E-mail: [email protected]. REFERENCES ... by contact sensitizers is an effective and accepted therapeutic ... [1,2] The contact sensitizers used in alopecia.
[1,25(OH)2D] acts via the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and has hormonal actions .... Statistical analyses was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics software (Ver.
Sep 30, 2012 - deficiency in Saudi married couples. Eur J Clin Nutr 2012 Jun;66(6):742-745. 28. Walport MJ. Complement and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Mar 7, 2016 - levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D, were tested with an immunofluorescent method (ADVIA Centaur. Vitamin D Total, Siemens).
Sep 28, 2016 - The least values were significantly associated with alopecia totalis/universalis compared with patchy AA (P < 0.001) and ophiasis (P = 0.04).
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Original Article
Serum Vitamin D in patients with alopecia areata Ola Ahmed Bakry, Shawky M El Farargy, Maathir K El Shafiee1, Amira Soliman Departments of Dermatology, Andrology and STDs and 1Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University, Menoufiya Governorate, Egypt
ABSTRACT Background: Alopecia areata (AA) is a common, recurrent, autoimmune hair disorder. It has been found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with many autoimmune diseases. Aims: The current study aimed to estimate serum levels of 25‑hydroxy vitamin D in patients with AA. Materials and Methods: This case–control study included 60 patients with AA and 60 age, gender, skin phototype, and body mass index‑matched healthy subjects as a control group. Levels of serum 25‑hydroxy vitamin D were estimated using ELISA technique. Results: Serum 25‑hydroxy vitamin D levels were significantly lower in AA cases when compared with healthy controls (P
