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Case Report |
| Article Title |
Treatment of alopecia totalis/universalis/focalis with vitamin D and analogs: Three case reports and review of literature
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Unsolicited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Dimitrios T Papadimitriou, Christina Bothou, Eleni Dermitzaki, Alexios Alexopoulos and George Mastorakos |
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Dimitrios T Papadimitriou, MD, MSc, PhD, Academic Fellow, Director, Director, Pediatric-Adolescent Endocrinology and Diabetes, Athens Medical Center, 58, Kifisias av., Athens 15125, Greece. info@pedoendo.net |
| Key Words |
Alopecia totalis; Alopecia universalis; Alopecia focalis; Calcitriol; Paricalcitol; Vitamin D; Case report |
| Core Tip |
Alopecia areata (AA) is an inflammatory disease with autoimmune, environmental, and inherited components directed at the hair follicle, either limited to patchy hair loss over the scalp (Focalis, AF), or as total loss of scalp hair (Totalis, AT) or as total loss of both scalp and body hair (Universalis, AU). Despite multiple treatment modalities, no therapy still stands. Three girls aged 3, 7 and 5 years with AT, AU and AF were treated with oral calcitriol, paricalcitol and cholecalciferol, showing hair regrowth at 6, 6 and 3 mo, respectively, but only at the fur level for P2 with AU. Vitamin D may have an immunomodulating therapeutic impact in AT/AU/AF which needs to be explored with further pilot clinical trials testing the effectiveness and establishing the optimal form and dosage of vitamin D. |
| Publish Date |
2021-11-09 07:27 |
| Citation |
Papadimitriou DT, Bothou C, Dermitzaki E, Alexopoulos A, Mastorakos G. Treatment of alopecia totalis/universalis/focalis with vitamin D and analogs: Three case reports and a literature review. World J Clin Pediatr 2021; 10(6): 192-199 |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.5409/wjcp.v10.i6.192 |
