A Matched Case-Control Study of Zinc Levels in Androgenetic Alopecia and Alopecia Areata: Is There a Need to Do Routine Screening?

Skinmed. 2020 Dec 1;18(6):398-400. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Ludmila Ribeiro Pedrosa¹, Daniel Fernandes Melo^{2

3}, Violeta Duarte Tortelly^{2

3}, Nathalie Coutinho Ramos Ribeiro², Danielle Mann², Carla Jorge Machado⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Department, Marcílio Dias Naval Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; ludmilarpedrosa@gmail.com.
² Dermatology Department, Marcílio Dias Naval Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
³ Dermatology Department, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁴ Preventive and Social Medicine Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

PMID: 33397578

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Alopecia / blood*
Alopecia Areata / blood*
Case-Control Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / methods
Middle Aged
Young Adult
Zinc / blood*
Zinc / deficiency

Substances

Zinc