Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia

Hypothyroidism is a common and well recognized cause of diffuse hair loss. Zinc and other trace elements such as copper and selenium are required for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, and deficiency of these can result in hypothyroidism. Conversely, thyroid hormones are essential for the absorption...

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Main Authors:	Betsy, Ambooken, Binitha, MP, Sarita, S
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3746228/

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spelling	pubmed-37462282013-08-19 Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia Betsy, Ambooken Binitha, MP Sarita, S Case Report Hypothyroidism is a common and well recognized cause of diffuse hair loss. Zinc and other trace elements such as copper and selenium are required for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, and deficiency of these can result in hypothyroidism. Conversely, thyroid hormones are essential for the absorption of zinc, and hence hypothyroidism can result in acquired zinc deficiency. The hair loss attributed to hypothyroidism may not improve with thyroxine unless zinc supplements are added, as demonstrated in our case. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3746228/ /pubmed/23960398 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.114714 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Betsy, Ambooken Binitha, MP Sarita, S
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title	Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia
title_short	Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia
title_full	Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia
title_fullStr	Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia
title_full_unstemmed	Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia
title_sort	zinc deficiency associated with hypothyroidism: an overlooked cause of severe alopecia
description	Hypothyroidism is a common and well recognized cause of diffuse hair loss. Zinc and other trace elements such as copper and selenium are required for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, and deficiency of these can result in hypothyroidism. Conversely, thyroid hormones are essential for the absorption of zinc, and hence hypothyroidism can result in acquired zinc deficiency. The hair loss attributed to hypothyroidism may not improve with thyroxine unless zinc supplements are added, as demonstrated in our case.
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Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia

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