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Roberto d'Ovidio1, Margherita Vessio, Francesco Domenico d'Ovidio
1Trichology Group of the Associazione Italiana Dermatologi Ambulatoriali (AIDA); Bari, Italy.
Abstract:
Current observations link vitamin D deficiency to many autoimmune diseases. There are limited data on vitamin D in Alopecia Areata, an autoimmune disease which in our experience shows seasonality in most of its remitting-relapsing forms. Our results demonstrate the presence of insufficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OH-D) in many patients with various clinical forms, correlated with the expected increase of the values of Parathyroid Hormone (PTH). This could suggest the possible clinical use of vitamin D in the management of this frustrating disease.
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