COVID-19 in Individuals Treated With Long-Term Hydroxychloroquine: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Cicatricial Alopecia Patients

August 2021 | Volume 20 | Issue 8 | Editorials | 914 | Copyright © August 2021


Published online August 2, 2021

Katharina S. Shaw,a Lu Yin,a Jinal K. Shah,b Rachel A. Sally,a Katerina S. Svigos,a Prince U. Adotama,a Hsiao Han Tuan,a Jerry Shapiro MD,a Rebecca A. Betensky,b* and Kristen I. Lo Siccoa*

aThe Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
bDepartment of Biostatistics, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY

*Both authors contributed equally to this work as co-first authors
(Katharina S. Shaw, Lu Yin) or co-senior authors (Rebecca A. Betensky, Kristen I. Lo Sicco).

DISCLOSURES

Dr. Shapiro is an investigator for RegenLab. Dr. Lo Sicco is an investigator for RegenLab. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Kristen I. Lo Sicco MD Kristen.LoSicco@nyulangone.org