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. 2022 Jul;61(7):903-904.
doi: 10.1111/ijd.16262. Epub 2022 May 14.

Marie Antoinette syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination

Maria E Baffa  1 , Carlo Pipitò  1 , Francesca Montefusco  1 , Stefano Senatore  1 , Luca Brandini  2 , Emiliano Antiga  1 , Roberto Maglie  1
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Marie Antoinette syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination

Maria E Baffa et al. Int J Dermatol. 2022 Jul.
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Three months before the occurrence of AA, the patient did not show any hair alteration (a); 4 days after COVID‐19 vaccination, the patient developed prominent hair loss in the central area of the scalp and sudden graying of the hair (b, c) together with nail pitting (d). Trichoscopic examination showed yellow dots, newly growing hair, and exclamation mark hairs (e). After 6 weeks of therapy, regrowth was almost complete (f)
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