Topical diphencyprone for alopecia areata: evaluation of 48 cases after 30 months' follow-up.

Gordon, P M; Aldrige, R D; McVittie, E; Hunter, J A · Br J Dermatol · 1996

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

Forty-eight patients (23 male, 25 female) with severe alopecia areata were sensitized and treated with topical diphencyprone. Thirty-eight per cent of the subjects had good regrowth of hair at a mean follow-up period of 30.8 months. The presence of nail changes, a personal history of atopy and a long duration of alopecia had an adverse prognostic effect.

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