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Palak V Patel1, Angelica Coello1, Jorge Larrondo1
1Palak V. Patel, Angelica Coello, and Dr. McMichael are from the Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Larrondo is from the Department of Dermatology, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
Abstract:
Alopecia areata (AA) is managed with prolonged medical treatments and cosmetic therapies, whose cost can be burdensome. We sought to identify the costs of AA treatment and consolidate the available data for the practicing dermatologist by performing a PubMed search of articles indexed for MEDLINE. Ten studies including approximately 16,000 patients with AA across a range of Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Levels of Evidence were included. Studies showed that despite the limited efficacy of many AA therapies, patients incurred substantial expenses to manage their AA.
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