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3549810

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
This study was conducted to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of 3% topical minoxidil in the treatment of extensive alopecia areata. Patients were assigned to one of two treatment regimens in a double-blind manner. One group applied 3% minoxidil to the scalp twice daily for 64 weeks; the other group applied placebo for the initial 12 weeks and then switched to 3% minoxidil for the remaining 52 weeks. Thirty male and female subjects, ages 7 to 63 years, with extensive alopecia areata affecting 25% to 100% of the scalp were enrolled, fifteen subjects to each treatment group. Twenty-four of the thirty subjects had greater than 75% scalp hair loss. At 12 weeks the group treated with 3% minoxidil had slightly more hair growth than the placebo group, but the difference was not statistically significant. At 64 weeks, thirteen of twenty subjects (65%) who began with less than full scalp involvement (25% to 99% scalp hair loss) had terminal hair growth that was incomplete or cosmetically acceptable; of these, nine (45%) were cosmetically acceptable, a response that is significant in patients with severe alopecia areata. No hair growth or only slight growth was seen in all nine patients with 100% scalp hair loss at baseline. Thus the extent of hair loss at baseline was correlated with response at 64 weeks. Twenty-one of the patients continued treatment for a second year. Of these, thirteen showed further growth, three had no further growth, and five who had cosmetically acceptable hair growth during the first year had some hair loss.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0190-9622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
737-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Topical minoxidil (3%) in extensive alopecia areata, including long-term efficacy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Controlled Clinical Trial