title: Alopecia totalis and vitiligo in common variable immunodeficiency.
abstract: Three cases of severe and irreversible alopecia occurring in patients with common variable immunodeficiency are described. In all three cases, hair loss developed after the diagnosis of immune deficiency; one of the patients also had extensive vitiligo. A fourth patient had vitiligo in the absence of alopecia. No change in the alopecia or vitiligo was noted in any patient as a result of immunoglobulin replacement therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spickett
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Prentice
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wallington
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chapel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology