Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turk Dermatoloji Dergisi, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.43-47, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the clinical, demographic and laboratory features of alopecia areata (AA) patients who attended our policlinic in the last year. Material and Methods: The study was performed retrospectively and age, gender, family history of patients, onset age, duration and localization area of AA, number of recurrences, associated findings and laboratory findings were obtained from records. Results: The study included 132 patients. Median duration of disease was 4 months. 15.9% of the patients had a family history, 20.5% had another autoimmune disorder, 18% had nail findings, 18.5% atopy history. 6.5% of patients had nuchal nevus flammeus. Multifocal involvement was significantly higher in males. Positive correlation was detected between duration and severity of disease. The duration of disease was statistically related with increased thyroid autoantibodies. Nuchal nevus flammeus was related with total/universal AA. Low levels of iron, ferritin and hemoglobin were detected in approximately 10% of the patients. Conclusion: Our study is one of the studies investigating the largest parameters in AA patients. Our results indicate that there is a male dominance in AA and multifocal involvement is common in men. While early onset of disease, association with atopy and autoimmune disorder does not affect prognosis, antithyroid antibody positivity and association with nevus flammeus might be indicators of poorer prognosis.