Iron deficiency in female pattern hair loss, chronic telogen effluvium, and control groups

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 991-999

  Olsen, Elise A ^a   Reed, Katherine B ^b   Cacchio, Patrick B ^a   Caudill, Leslie ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Surgical Specialists of Spokane   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic telogen effluvium; Female pattern hair loss; Ferritin; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAIR LOSS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650303511     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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