Bimatoprost in Dermatology

Bimatoprost is a prostamide analogue used for treatment of glaucoma in ophthalmology. Surprisingly, the side effects such as increased pigmentation of eyelids and hypertrichosis in patients being treated with prostaglandin analogues for glaucoma have opened new areas of application in various dermat...

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Autores principales: Jha, Abhijeet K., Sarkar, Rashmi, Udayan, Uday K., Roy, P. K., Jha, Amar K., Chaudhary, R. K. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854658
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_62_16
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Sumario:Bimatoprost is a prostamide analogue used for treatment of glaucoma in ophthalmology. Surprisingly, the side effects such as increased pigmentation of eyelids and hypertrichosis in patients being treated with prostaglandin analogues for glaucoma have opened new areas of application in various dermatological disorders such as alopecia mainly affecting eyelashes, eyebrows, and vitiligo.

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