Alopecia After Switch to Tenofovir Alafenamide in 6 African American Women

No cases of tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)–induced alopecia have been reported in the literature. We describe 6 cases of hair loss in African American female patients after switching to TAF and aim to raise awareness about this potential adverse effect of TAF, which could predominate in certain patient...

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Autores principales: El Zein, Said, Tabaja, Hussam, Kanj, Amjad, Richmond, Deborah, Veltman, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6641785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz278
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author El Zein, Said
Tabaja, Hussam
Kanj, Amjad
Richmond, Deborah
Veltman, Jennifer
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description No cases of tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)–induced alopecia have been reported in the literature. We describe 6 cases of hair loss in African American female patients after switching to TAF and aim to raise awareness about this potential adverse effect of TAF, which could predominate in certain patient populations.
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spelling pubmed-66417852019-07-24 Alopecia After Switch to Tenofovir Alafenamide in 6 African American Women El Zein, Said Tabaja, Hussam Kanj, Amjad Richmond, Deborah Veltman, Jennifer Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report No cases of tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)–induced alopecia have been reported in the literature. We describe 6 cases of hair loss in African American female patients after switching to TAF and aim to raise awareness about this potential adverse effect of TAF, which could predominate in certain patient populations. Oxford University Press 2019-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6641785/ /pubmed/31341928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz278 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_short Alopecia After Switch to Tenofovir Alafenamide in 6 African American Women
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6641785/
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