Hair Growth in Two Alopecia Patients after Fecal Microbiota Transplant
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Hair Growth in Two Alopecia Patients after Fecal Microbiota Transplant
Clostridium difficile infections can be life-threatening but are increasingly being treated successfully with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). We report two patients with alopecia universalis who developed subsequent hair regrowth after FMT for treatment of recurrent C. difficile infections. Gut microbiota may have immunomodulatory effects in autoimmune conditions such as alopecia areata...
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عنوان ژورنال: ACG Case Reports Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2326-3253
DOI: 10.14309/crj.2017.107