title: Topical diphencyprone for alopecia areata: evaluation of 48 cases after 30 months' follow-up.
abstract: Forty-eight patients (23 male, 25 female) with severe alopecia areata were sensitized and treated with topical diphencyprone. Thirty-eight per cent of the subjects had good regrowth of hair at a mean follow-up period of 30.8 months. The presence of nail changes, a personal history of atopy and a long duration of alopecia had an adverse prognostic effect.
authors: University Department of Dermatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust, Scotland, U.K.
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Gordon
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Aldrige
authors: E
authors: E
authors: McVittie
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003521:Cyclopropanes; C029402:diphenylcyclopropenone