Treatment of pediatric alopecia areata: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune, nonscarring hair loss disorder with slightly greater prevalence in children than adults. Various treatment modalities exist; however, their evidence in pediatric AA patients is lacking.

Objective

To evaluate the evidence of current treatment modalities for pediatric AA.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review on the PubMed database in October 2019 for all published articles involving patients <18 years old. Articles discussing AA treatment in pediatric patients were included, as were articles discussing both pediatric and adult patients, if data on individual pediatric patients were available.

Results

Inclusion criteria were met by 122 total reports discussing 1032 patients. Reports consisted of 2 randomized co

SUBMITTER: Barton VR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8556406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature