Handbook of Alopecia Areata Treatment

Alopecia areata (AA) has no definite cure and several commonly used treatments require robust proof of effectiveness efficiency and security.. This handbook provides the minimum and necessary knowledge about Evidence-Based Medicine and the dermatological disease known as AA. It also presents a broad systematic review of the medical literature on treatments (published randomized clinical trials) and analyzes each treatment’s effectiveness.. Although not intended to replace specialized books reading this manual can help decide the best (evidence-based) AA treatments (including variants AT - Alopecia Totalis and AU - Alopecia Universalis ) for Dermatology training and various specialties trained doctors.. Paulo Celso Budri FreireGraduated in Medicine at Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Master’s Biomedicine at Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Dermatology specialist at Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Doctorat in Evidence-Based Medicine at Universidade Federal de São Paulo MBA in Health Innovation Management at Instituto Butantan. Physician and researcher at Health Informatics Department from the Escola Paulista de Medicina – Universidade Federal de São Paulo.. Álvaro Nagib AtallahGraduated in Medicine at Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Master’s Science in Clinical Epidemiology - University of Pennsylvania and Doctorate in Medicine (Nephrology) at Universidade Federal de São Paulo Free Teaching at Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Currently Full Professor and Head of the Discipline of Emergency Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine at Universidade Federal de São Paulo Vice-Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Evidence-Based Health at Universidade Federal de São Paulo Director of the Cochrane Center in Brazil Elected Director from Cochrane Collaboration International (2015-2016) and Scientific Director of Associação Paulista de Medicina.