TY - JOUR ID - TI - Relation of cytomegalovirus to alopecia areata: therapeutic trial with oral ganciclovire drug AU - Wisam Majeed Kattoof PY - 2020 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 12 EP - 19 JO - Muthanna Medical Journal مجلة المثنى الطبية SN - 2226146x AB - Alopecia areata (AA) is lost hair from a few or all regions of the body, for the most part fromthe scalp. Etiology and pathogenesis of alopecia areata being not totally comprehended, isaccepted to be multifactorial in ancestry. Recently, studies suggested an association betweenalopecia and types of viruses, therefore we concerned to investigate the association betweenCMV infection and alopecia areata. This study included of 100 individuals (50 alopecia patientsand 50 healthy). Mean age of study groups were 20.90 ± 11.07 and 22.64±12.29 years ofcases and control group respectively. Mean of age onset of patients were 20.83 ± 10.0. Outof 50 patients 52% were male, the rest were female. However, 1:1 of control group was male:female. 40% of patients had a positive family history for this disease. Alopecia areata affectedon scalp in 78% of cases. All patients had a high concentration of CMV IgM. With treatmentof oral ganciclovire drug, a decrease of anti-CMV IgM levels and an increase of CMV IgGlevels were observed.

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