Topical Immunotherapy of Alopecia Areata: A Large Retrospective Study
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Topical Immunotherapy of Alopecia Areata: A Large Retrospective Study
INTRODUCTION Topical immunotherapy is frequently used in the treatment of alopecia areata (AA) although few studies report long-term follow-up. Our goals were to determine the efficacy and the prognostic factors of topical immunotherapy in a large cohort of patients with AA treated in the departments of Dermatology and Venereology of Bergamo, Como and Pavia, from 1978 to January 2016. METHODS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology and Therapy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2193-8210,2190-9172
DOI: 10.1007/s13555-018-0226-5