A clinical profile of childhood alopecia areata in a tertiary care hospital in Chennai, India

Autor:	Mahalakshmi Veeraraghavan, Sudha Rangarajan, Naveen Chandra Atluru, Vritika Gaddam, Krishnakanth Muralidhar
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry lcsh:RJ1-570 Alopecia areata autoimmune lcsh:Pediatrics Disease Tertiary care hospital lcsh:RL1-803 medicine.disease Rapid onset lcsh:Dermatology Medicine Age of onset business Prospective cohort study ophiasis Ophiasis
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 320-324 (2019)
ISSN:	2319-7250
Popis:	Background: Data of Clinical profile of childhood alopecia areata (AA) is inadequate in India. Hence this study was carried out. Materials and Methods: All new cases of childhood alopecia areata (AA) were studied from September of 2015 to September 2016, for a total duration of 1 year. In this prospective study, a total of 150 patients were diagnosed with AA, out of which 39 pediatric patients were enrolled in our study. Results: A total of 23 girls (58.97%) and 16 boys (40.02%) were seen with a ratio of 1.4:1 (female:male). All 39 patients are of South Indian decent and had an age of onset ranging from 2- to 18-year-old with the mean being 10.7 years. Twenty-four patients (61.5%) had a rapid onset of the disease
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