Killing two birds with one stone: oral tofacitinib reverses alopecia universalis in a patient with plaque psoriasis

J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Dec;134(12):2988-2990. doi: 10.1038/jid.2014.260. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

Authors

Brittany G Craiglow¹, Brett A King²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Electronic address: brett.king@yale.edu.

PMID: 24940651
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.260

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Alopecia / drug therapy*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Humans
Male
Piperidines / therapeutic use*
Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Psoriasis / drug therapy*
Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
Pyrroles / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Piperidines
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Pyrimidines
Pyrroles
tofacitinib

Supplementary concepts

Alopecia universalis