Treatment of alopecia areata with dinitrochlorobenzene.
Thirty patients with severe alopecia areata (A. A.) were treated with weekly applications of dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) in acetone solution. In only four patients regrowth of hair was complete and dense; sixteen patients experienced temporary results and in ten the treatment was a failure.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene; D009578:Nitrobenzenes