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Alopecia in association with severe seborrhoeic dermatitis following combination antiretroviral therapy for acute retroviral syndrome.

Hardcastle NJ, Tunbridge AJ, Shum KW, Dockrell DH, Green ST

Department of Dermatology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. n.j.hardcastle@sheffield.ac.uk

We present a case where alopecia occurred with severe seborrhoeic dermatitis associated with the commencement of combination antiretroviral therapy for acute retroviral syndrome. We postulate that the eruption could represent a novel manifestation in association with immunological response to antiretroviral therapy.

Published 16 September 2005 in J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 19(5): 631-3.
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