Alopecia Universalis in a Patient with Common Variable Immunodeficiency

: A 12‐year‐old boy with common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) who developed severe alopecia is presented. His sister also had alopecia and recurrent infections and died of lung infection at the age of 7 years. The loss of hair in both children was total; the pathology of a scalp skin biopsy specim...

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Published inPediatric dermatology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 305 - 307
Main Authors Kiliç, S. sebnem, Ersoy, Fügen, Sanal, Özden, Türkbay, Dursun, Tezcan, Ilhan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, MA, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.07.1999
Blackwell
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Alopecia Areata - etiology
Alopecia Areata - immunology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Common Variable Immunodeficiency - complications
Common Variable Immunodeficiency - therapy
Consanguinity
Humans
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use
Immunopathology
Male
Medical sciences
Human
Hair (head)
Case study
Hair
Skin disease
Alopecia
Common variable immunodeficiency
Child
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Summary:: A 12‐year‐old boy with common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) who developed severe alopecia is presented. His sister also had alopecia and recurrent infections and died of lung infection at the age of 7 years. The loss of hair in both children was total; the pathology of a scalp skin biopsy specimen was typical for alopecia areata. The boy was subjected to clinical and immunologic evaluation and the results were compatible with common variable immunodeficiency.
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ISSN:0736-8046
1525-1470
DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1470.1999.00080.x