A potential association between alopecia areata and narcolepsy.

graphs and e-mailed them along with a brief history to a single e-mail address at a monitored server. The e-mails were then distributed to the on-call consulting dermatologists. More than 40 military dermatologists answered the consults on a rotating basis in a “team call” approach. The percentage of total consults and diagnostic agreement between primary care provider and dermatologist were calculated. In addition, the number of other comments by the call team was determined. For the cost calculation, intertheater transfer of a patient to be evaluated by a dermatologist in Iraq was estimated to be $4000, while the cost of evacuation to the United States was estimated to be $14 082 (including the cost of lost duty days, ground transportation, airlift via helicopters and other aircraft, extra personnel required for security and transportation crews, and housing of patients during their evaluation and treatment).