Investigating drug induced alopecia.
The propensity of cytotoxic drugs to cause alopecia is well known, but nurses are perhaps less aware of the capacity of other drug groups to cause this unwanted side-effect. Increasing nurses' awareness of the actions of these drugs will enable the association between alopecia and toxicity to be recognised at an early stage, before the distressing effects of drug-induced alopecia develop.
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D000505:Alopecia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006197:Hair / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents