“…Twenty-two studies originated from North America (18-22, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 41, 42, 44-48, 50, 51, 53, 54), 11 studies from Asia (28, 32-34, 36, 38-40, 43, 49, 52), 3 studies from Australia (24,25,30) and 1 study from Europe (23). The included original articles were 7 randomized trials (19-22, 26, 27, 33), 5 non-randomized trials (25,42,44,53,54), 4 retrospective (28,39,43,51) and 21 caseseries (18, 23, 24, 29-32, 34-38, 40, 41, 45-50, 52). Four studies included only children with AA (24,35,36,46), 5 studies both children and adults (28,32,37,45,47), and the rest included only adults ( Twenty-four studies investigated oral tofacitinib, where the most common dose of the drug was 5 mg twice daily (18, 23, 24, 28-30, 32-36, 38-43, 45, 47, 49-53).…”