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A case of alopecia areata after rabies vaccination: unreported adverse effect?

  • Guiying Qiu (Department of Dermatology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health) ;
  • Xinrong Chen (Department of Dermatology, Zhuji People's Hospital of Zhejiang Province)
  • Received : 2024.03.08
  • Accepted : 2024.04.13
  • Published : 2024.04.30
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Abstract

Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune-related disorder characterized by non-scarring hair loss in children. We report the case of a child who had AA after the fifth dose of rabies vaccine and summarized various potential mechanisms of vaccination induced AA. This case indicates that rabies vaccine might be a predisposition of AA by causing immune dysregulation.

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