Alopecia totalis and vitiligo in common variable immunodeficiency
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 67 (785), 291-294
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.67.785.291
Abstract
Summary: Three cases of severe and irreversible alopecia occurring in patients with common variable immunodeficiency are described. In all three cases, hair loss developed after the diagnosis of immune deficiency; one of the patients also had extensive vitiligo. A fourth patient had vitiligo in the absence of alopecia. No change in the alopecia or vitiligo was noted in any patient as a result of immunoglobulin replacement therapy.Keywords
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