European Journal of Dermatology
MENUDecreased benzothiazole-type pheomelanin in regrown brown hair in alopecia areata Volume 28, numéro 1, January-February 2018
Illustrations
1 Department of Dermatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
2 Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Japan
- DOI : 10.1684/ejd.2017.3194
- Page(s) : 130-1
- Année de parution : 2018
Alopecia areata is a common, polygenic, autoimmune disorder involving the hair follicles. During the regrowth phase, hair may temporarily be non-pigmented, or hypopigmented due to a decreased number of melanoblasts and abnormal melanogenesis in the areas of hair regrowth [1]. Here, we present a Japanese girl with alopecia areata and brown hair regrowth with a decreased amount of benzothiazole-type pheomelanin and eumelanin.A three-year-old Japanese girl was referred to us in August 2016 with a hairless [...]