Is there a rationale for the Use of Lymecycline for Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia?

Flavia Oliveira Xavier de Brito; Rita Fernanda  Cortez de Almeida; Sidney  Frattini; Carlos  Baptista Barcaui; Michela   Starace; Daniel  Fernandes Melo

doi:10.5826/dpc.1401a18

Is there a rationale for the Use of Lymecycline for Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia?

Authors

Flavia Oliveira Xavier de Brito Department of Dermatology, State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rita Fernanda Cortez de Almeida Department of Dermatology, State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sidney Frattini The Mole Clinic, Private Practice, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Carlos Baptista Barcaui Department of Dermatology, State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Michela Starace Dermatology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Daniel Fernandes Melo Department of Dermatology, State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Keywords:

alopecia, frontal fibrosing alopecia, lymecycline, therapy

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