Drug Class Drug
Peruvian Hair Loss Treatment
Anticoagulants Coumarins, heparin
Antithyroid drugs Carbimazole, thiouracil
Cytotoxic drugs Adriamycin, colchicines, cyclophos-
phamide, mercaptopurine derivatives, vinca alkaloids
Diffuse Hair Loss
1. Alopecia areata (diffuse, although most commonly localized)
2. Drug-induced: cytotoxics, anticoagulants, retinoids
3. Endocrine disorders: hypothyroid, hypopituitarism
4. Hair-shaft defects: pili torti, monilethrix
5. Male-pattern baldness/androgenetic alopecia
6. Nutritional: iron deficiency
7. Syphilis
8. Systemic lupus erythematosus
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