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However, the possibility of spontaneous regrowth of hair cannot be excluded as sessions were carried out every 3 months.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Objective: <\/jats:bold> To determine the efficacy of a phototoxic dose of UVA after topical application of 8\u2010MOP in the treatment of AA resistant to other lines of treatment.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Subjects\/Methods: <\/jats:bold> Thirty\u2010five patients with AA were treated by topical 8\u2010MOP application to the lesions followed by UVA irradiation using a phototoxic dose every 3 months for a maximum of four sessions. Severity grading of AA was carried out using the Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) score before and after treatment.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results: <\/jats:bold> Fifty\u2010seven percent of patients showed a positive treatment response (40% showed complete and 17% showed partial response) with significant improvement of SALT score. The mean cumulative UVA dose was 22\u00b18.3\u2003J\/cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>. Mild reversible side effects were observed in 63% of patients after the first session.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion: <\/jats:bold> Phototoxic psoralen and ultraviolet A therapy after topical application of 0.1% 8\u2010MOP is an effective treatment option for resistant AA, with low total cumulative UVA dose, few treatment sessions, and minimal reversible side effects.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0781.2010.00564.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,4]],"date-time":"2011-01-04T09:57:46Z","timestamp":1294135066000},"page":"45-50","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Successful treatment of resistant alopecia areata with a phototoxic dose of ultraviolet A after topical 8\u2010methoxypsoralen application"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Mostafa Mokhtar","family":"Kamel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samar Abdallah Mohamed","family":"Salem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hanan Hamdy M.","family":"Attia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_2","first-page":"62","article-title":"Hair growth in patients alopecia areata totalis after treatment with simvastatin and ezetimibe","volume":"9","author":"Ali A","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Drugs Dermatol"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_2","first-page":"15","article-title":"Alopecia areata","volume":"28","author":"Garg S","year":"2009","journal-title":"evidence-based treatments"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_2","first-page":"2919","volume-title":"Rook\/Wilkinson\/Ebling. 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