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Interactions between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alopecia Areata in Child with Trauma Exposure: Two Case Reports

Alopecia areata (AA) is a dermatologic disease that can be seen in all age groups with nonscarring hair loss. While the causes of AA are suggested to be the role of genetic, psychological stresses, cellular and humoral immunity, and endocrine and neural factors, the underlying cause is not fully kno...

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Autores principales: Kara, Tayfun, Topkarcı, Zeynep
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/PMC6028996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034194
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_2_18
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description Alopecia areata (AA) is a dermatologic disease that can be seen in all age groups with nonscarring hair loss. While the causes of AA are suggested to be the role of genetic, psychological stresses, cellular and humoral immunity, and endocrine and neural factors, the underlying cause is not fully known. Psychiatric diseases are frequently reported in many studies in patients with AA. In this report, children with AA and psychiatric evaluation of them and the prominence of psychiatric evaluation in AA were discussed; AA and posttraumatic stress disorder were reviewed in the light of the relevant literature.
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spelling pubmed-60289962018-07-20 Interactions between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alopecia Areata in Child with Trauma Exposure: Two Case Reports Kara, Tayfun Topkarcı, Zeynep Int J Trichology Case Report Alopecia areata (AA) is a dermatologic disease that can be seen in all age groups with nonscarring hair loss. While the causes of AA are suggested to be the role of genetic, psychological stresses, cellular and humoral immunity, and endocrine and neural factors, the underlying cause is not fully known. Psychiatric diseases are frequently reported in many studies in patients with AA. In this report, children with AA and psychiatric evaluation of them and the prominence of psychiatric evaluation in AA were discussed; AA and posttraumatic stress disorder were reviewed in the light of the relevant literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6028996/ /pubmed/30034194 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_2_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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