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Drug-Induced Hair Disorders
- Source :
- Current Drug Safety. 1:301-305
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2006.
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Abstract
- Drugs may induce hair loss, stimulate hair growth or, more rarely, induce changes in the hair shape and colour. Drug-induced hair loss is usually completely reversible and is, in most cases, a consequence of a toxic effect of the drug on the hair follicle matrix. In rare cases alopecia may be permanent. Depending on type of drug, dosage and patient susceptibility, hair loss presents as telogen effluvium, anagen effluvium or both. Telogen effluvium is also commonly observed after discontinuation of drugs that prolong anagen, such as topical minoxidil and oral contraceptives. Although a large number of drugs have been occasionally reported to produce hair loss, only for a few drugs the relation between drug intake and hair loss has been proven.
- Subjects :
- Drug
Hypertrichosis
Anagen effluvium
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
Toxicology
Telogen effluvium
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Hair Color
Radiation Injuries
hirsutism
media_common
Pharmacology
HAIR LOSS
integumentary system
business.industry
HIRSUTISM
Alopecia
medicine.disease
Hair follicle
Dermatology
Hair loss
medicine.anatomical_structure
Hair Disorder
sense organs
medicine.symptom
Hair Diseases
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15748863
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Drug Safety
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d1eb6e8185426d2c6dbbefb115fb57ba