| Traditional anticoagulants are known to cause hair loss and the mechanism is likely to be related to their therapeutic activity. |
| Early experience with direct oral anticoagulants suggests that they are also implicated in this side effect and therefore do not offer an alternative to patients experiencing alopecia due to treatment with coumarins or heparins. |
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