Complete remission of alopecia universalis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Bettina Seifert, Jakob R. Passweg, Dominik Heim, Alicia Rovó, Sandrine Meyer-Monard, Stanislaus Buechner, Andre Tichelli, and Alois Gratwohl

From the stem cell transplant team, Hematology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, and Division of Dermatology, Basel University Hospitals, Switzerland.

Abstract

This case report is on a 40-year-old male patient with chronic…

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Experimental Induction of Alopecia Areata-Like Hair Loss in C3H/HeJ Mice Using Full-Thickness Skin Grafts

Kevin J McElwee, Dawnalyn Boggess, Lloyd E King Jr* and John P Sundberg

The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A.

*Division of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Correspondence: Dr John P. Sundberg, The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Received 31 March 1998; Revised 16 June 1998; Accepted 24…

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Hi everyone just a short question did anyone feel a needle pokig sensation on eyebrows before they fell out or a tingling sensation?

Hi i have alopecia universalis 7 months now,first it started with itchy face going dry than scalp with yellowish round skin that become itchy and than scaly red skin on scalp and eyebrows and dry red rash form of circle on cheeks.Year later burning sensation showed up as well and needle poking sensation in eyebrows around mouth but this i notice to happen when i was sweating,and like bugs crawling sensation in my head..Have anyone had this symptoms? rash, scaly skin yellowish skin? Well i named… Continue