Alopecia areata after COVID- 19 vaccination: Two cases and review of the literature

Alopecia Areata (AA) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by hair loss, due to a T-lymphocyte-mediated inflammatory response targeting anagen-phase hair follicles. Former studies have suggested that vaccination and viral infections may play a role in the onset of AA through a variety of different...

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Autores principales: Fusano, Marta, Zerbinati, Nicola, Bencini, Pier Luca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483229
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9495
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description Alopecia Areata (AA) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by hair loss, due to a T-lymphocyte-mediated inflammatory response targeting anagen-phase hair follicles. Former studies have suggested that vaccination and viral infections may play a role in the onset of AA through a variety of different mechanisms. We report here two cases of AA following COVID-19 vaccination.
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spelling pubmed-97247192022-12-07 Alopecia areata after COVID- 19 vaccination: Two cases and review of the literature Fusano, Marta Zerbinati, Nicola Bencini, Pier Luca Dermatol Reports Case Report Alopecia Areata (AA) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by hair loss, due to a T-lymphocyte-mediated inflammatory response targeting anagen-phase hair follicles. Former studies have suggested that vaccination and viral infections may play a role in the onset of AA through a variety of different mechanisms. We report here two cases of AA following COVID-19 vaccination. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2022-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9724719/ /pubmed/36483229 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9495 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc 4.0) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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title Alopecia areata after COVID- 19 vaccination: Two cases and review of the literature
title_full Alopecia areata after COVID- 19 vaccination: Two cases and review of the literature
title_fullStr Alopecia areata after COVID- 19 vaccination: Two cases and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Alopecia areata after COVID- 19 vaccination: Two cases and review of the literature
title_short Alopecia areata after COVID- 19 vaccination: Two cases and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483229
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9495
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