Iron Deficiency - Female Hair Loss

Physical Health Hair Loss & Baldness
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This article discusses how there is no correlation between female hair loss and iron deficiency;

"Although past research has suggested a correlation between iron deficiency and female pattern hair loss or chronic telogen effluvium, a recent population-based study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology finds no such association.

FRIDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Although past research has suggested a correlation between iron deficiency (ID) and female pattern hair loss (FPHL) or chronic telogen effluvium (CTE), a recent population-based study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology finds no such association.

Elise A. Olsen, M.D., of the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and colleagues assessed 381 women with FPHL or CTE and 76 controls to see what, if any, role ID plays in the two conditions..."

http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/16114

Source: doctorslounge.com

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