A case of alopecia areata after rabies vaccination: unreported adverse effect?
Guiying Qiu,
Xinrong Chen
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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