Squaric acid sensitization is not required for response in the treatment of alopecia areata Presented at the 2014 Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, May 7-10, 2014.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 471-476

  Vedak, Priyanka ^a   Kroshinsky, Daniela ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

alopecia areata; squaric acid dibutylester; topical immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; SQUARIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOBUTANES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939430465     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.04.064     Document Type: Article

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