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Little has been written about telogen effluvium since the first description by Kligman¹ in 1961, especially about the idiopathic and acute forms as a consequence of certain drug treatments, delivery, and other chronic or acute febrile diseases. In 1996, Whiting² published an excellent article about chronic telogen effluvium. The term refers to a diffuse hair loss that includes the occipital area and persists for more than 8 months without any change. It appears that some dermatologists have not read this article in depth; in our trichological unit we still receive patients with this diagnosis who have been told by their physicians that there is no effective treatment for chronic telogen effluvium.

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From January 1997 through February 1998, 123 patients with chronic telogen effluvium were examined in our trichological unit. A clinical history was obtained, and biochemical analysis, including the assessment of hormone levels, and a trichogram were performed. For men . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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