This Article  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

MAJ John P. Kaufman, MC
USAF APO New York 09220

Arch Dermatol. 1976;112(5):731.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

To the Editor.—

In a recent article in the ARCHIVES on profuse hair loss as a result of (or associated with) weight reduction programs (111:930, 1975), Goette and Odom described two interesting cases of probable telogen effluvium associated with weight loss. In that communication, they also requested reports of similar cases seen by other dermatologists. Because of the unusual association, I would like to contribute the following case report, which may possibly be an addition to the previous reports.

Report of a Case.—

A 20-year-old woman was first seen in November 1974 for a profuse hair loss of two months' duration. She had been under a moderate amount of emotional stress because of her recent assignment to Germany from the continental United States but otherwise was in excellent health. She had taken no medications. There were no other well-known precipitating causes for telogen effluvium, such as, postpartum or anesthesia. The . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?