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A Slit-lamp Study

R. SUMMERLY, MRCP; D. M. WATSON, FRCS; P. W. MONCKTON COPEMAN, MRCP

Arch Dermatol. 1966;93(4):411-412.

Abstract
Fifty-eight patients with alopecia areata have been examined with a slit-lamp. Symptomless punctate lens opacities were found in nine patients (17%). Similar lens changes occurred in four of 20 control patients (20%) with normal vision.

As the significance of minor lens changes in alopecia areata is difficult to determine, we do not advocate routine slit-lamp examinations in these patients.

Author Affiliations
LONDON

From the Skin and Eye Departments, St. Thomas's Hospital, London.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 8, 1965.

Reprint requests to Medical Research Council Unit for Research on the Experimental Pathology of the Skin, Medical School, Birmingham 15, England (Dr. Summerly).

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