Alopecia of myxedema: clinical response to levothyroxine sodium.
Noncicatricial alopecia resulting from myxedema developed in a 58-year-old woman. We report the response of her alopecia to treatment with levothyroxine sodium and review the literature on the subject.
Signore
R J
RJ
Department of Dermatology, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, Michigan.
von Weiss
J
J
D000505:Alopecia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009230:Myxedema / Q000150:complications*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013974:Thyroxine