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    Alopecia caused by isoniazid

    Ramakant Dixit1★, Danish Qureshi1, Sunil Mathur1★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, J. L. N. Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

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    Ramakant Dixit

    Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, J. L. N. Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

    dr.ramakantdixit@gmail.com

    Received: 06-04-2013; Revised: 13-06-2013; Accepted: 12-07-2013.

    Volume 5, Issue 2 · pp. 155–157 · PUBLISHED 2014 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.130081

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    Drug-induced alopecia is a known clinical entity and mainly seen with anti-mitotic drug therapy. Alopecia during anti-tuberculosis therapy is very uncommon and previously observed with isoniazid, thiacetazone, and ethionamide. Present communication describes an additional case of isoniazid-induced alopecia in a 10-year-old male child, which was reversible after isoniazid withdrawal. Possible mechanisms of drug-induced alopecia are also briefly discussed.

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      Dixit, R., Qureshi, D., & Mathur, S. (2014). Alopecia caused by isoniazid. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 5(2), 155–157. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.130081