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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar;34(2):e14685.
doi: 10.1111/dth.14685. Epub 2021 Jan 12.

Alopecia areata in a COVID-19 patient: A case report

Alessandro Capalbo  1 , Domenico Giordano  1 , Nazareno Gagliostro  1 , Charalampos Georgios Balampanos  1 , Flavia Persechino  2 , Federica Orrù  3 , Severino Persechino  1
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Case Reports

Alopecia areata in a COVID-19 patient: A case report

Alessandro Capalbo et al. Dermatol Ther. 2021 Mar.
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The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

Figures

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FIGURE 1
Pictures showing round bold patches variously distributed on the beard area
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Pictures showing trichoscopic findings of Alopecia Areata of the beard: black dots, yellow dots, broken hairs, vellus hairs
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Pictures showing an improvement of the old lesions and the appearance of new ones, after two weeks of treatment with a trichological lotion with nicotinic acid, resorcinol and hyaluronic acid
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Possible role of SARS‐CoV‐2 in the pathogenesis of Alopecia Areata
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