FDA Reports of Alopecia as an Adverse Event to Isotretinoin

J Cutan Med Surg. 2019 Jul/Aug;23(4):451-452. doi: 10.1177/1203475419838553.

Authors

Elizabeth Tkachenko¹, Sean B Singer², Priyank Sharma³, John Barbieri⁴, Arash Mostaghimi³

Affiliations

¹ 1 University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA.
² 2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ 3 Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ 4 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

PMID: 31337236
DOI: 10.1177/1203475419838553

No abstract available

Keywords: Accutane; alopecia; hair loss; isotretinoin.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
Alopecia / chemically induced*
Child
Female
Humans
Isotretinoin / adverse effects*
Male
Middle Aged
Young Adult

Substances

Isotretinoin